Opportunities & pitfalls in healthcare IoT

A report by Vodafone highlights support for digital technologies like 5G and IoT in the NHS. IoT can benefit healthcare by providing data-intensive visuals to help patients understand diagnoses, improving treatment outcomes, and enabling remote monitoring. However, IoT devices pose cybersecurity risks due to a lack of centralized management and updates. Evan Dumas from Check Point Software Technologies suggests strategies to secure IoT devices and prevent ransomware attacks, including user education, data backups, patching, and endpoint and network protections.