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Oct. 27, 2016
Major internet outage highlights need to assess IoT risks
In the absence of specific regulatory guidance, what should healthcare providers consider when deciding whether and how to adopt emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things? By Stephen S. Wu
Widespread internet outages throughout the U.S. last Friday from a broad coordinated attack underscores the need for caution in the adoption of devices attached to the Internet of Things (IoT). By compromising a variety of IoT devices, attackers launched a "distributed denial of service attack," flooding internet routing company Dyn with bogus connection requests and bringing down sites such as Twitter, Netflix and Reddit. While a...
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