Healthcare IoT Security

Connected. Lifesaving. At Risk.

The average hospital deploys thousands of connected medical devices — infusion pumps, imaging systems, patient monitors, and more — most running legacy software, unable to be patched, and not designed with network security in mind. IoT Secure gives clinical and security teams the visibility and control they need without disrupting patient care.

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53%: of connected medical devices have critical unpatched vulnerabilities Claroty 2022
$10.9M: average cost of a healthcare data breach in 2023 IBM
40%: of healthcare breaches involve medical devices or IoT Protenus

Connected medical devices are fundamentally different from IT assets — and the conventional playbook doesn't work on them. You cannot install endpoint agents on an infusion pump. You cannot run a credentialed vulnerability scan against a cardiac monitor. You cannot simply patch the firmware of an MRI system — clinical validation takes months, and the device may be in active patient use.

Meanwhile, these devices often run Windows XP, Windows CE, or embedded Linux versions that are years past end-of-life, with known vulnerabilities that will never be patched. They sit on clinical networks alongside administrative systems, creating direct pathways from the internet to your most sensitive operational technology.

The 2020 ransomware attack on Universal Health Services — one of the largest in healthcare history — disabled systems at 400 facilities and was directly facilitated by inadequate network segmentation between clinical and administrative systems. The lesson was clear: visibility and segmentation for medical devices is not optional.

Most medical devices cannot run security agents of any kind
Firmware patching requires clinical validation — often taking months or years
Many devices run end-of-life operating systems with known CVEs
Clinical networks frequently lack segmentation from administrative systems
Medical device visibility is a required element of HIPAA's technical safeguards

FDA Cybersecurity Guidance

The FDA's 2023 cybersecurity requirements for medical devices require manufacturers to provide a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), maintain a coordinated vulnerability disclosure process, and patch critical vulnerabilities within defined timeframes. Healthcare delivery organizations must integrate this information into their security program — which starts with knowing what devices are deployed.

HIPAA Technical Safeguards

HIPAA's Security Rule requires covered entities to implement technical security measures to prevent unauthorized access to ePHI. This includes network controls that limit access by medical devices to only the systems and data they legitimately require — directly implicating network segmentation for clinical IoT.

MDS2 Documentation

The Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security (MDS2) provides security characteristics of specific medical device models, including network connectivity, data encryption, and authentication capabilities. IoT Secure's device discovery can be correlated with MDS2 data to create a risk-stratified clinical device inventory.

NIST & HHS HC3 Guidance

The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) regularly publishes threat intelligence specific to healthcare IoT vulnerabilities. IoT Secure's CVE correlation aligns with NIST SP 800-66 and NIST SP 800-82 guidance for healthcare environments.

Complete Device Discovery

Automatically discover every connected medical device — infusion pumps, ventilators, imaging systems, patient monitors, nurse call systems, and more — using passive network observation. No device interaction, no disruption to clinical operations.

Clinical Risk Scoring

Score each medical device by its security risk profile — accounting for known CVEs, firmware version, network position, communication patterns, and clinical criticality. Prioritize the devices that create the most patient safety and data security risk.

Network Isolation & Segmentation

Enforce network policies that isolate clinical devices from administrative networks, internet-facing systems, and unnecessary internal access. Protect infusion pumps from the same threats that target Windows workstations.

Audit-Ready Reporting

Generate HIPAA-aligned device inventory reports, risk assessment documentation, and segmentation evidence. Support Joint Commission surveys, OCR audits, and security assessment requests with structured, current data.

Zero device interaction. Zero clinical risk.

IoT Secure uses passive network telemetry — analyzing existing network traffic without sending any packets to clinical devices. This is critically important in healthcare environments, where even a minor network interaction with an infusion pump or patient monitor could theoretically affect device behavior.

No agents are installed. No scans are run. No commands are sent to medical devices. IoT Secure observes the network invisibly, providing complete device intelligence without introducing any clinical risk.

Passive observation only — no active scanning of clinical devices
No software agents installed on any medical device
No interference with device operation, network connections, or clinical workflows
Compatible with clinical network architectures requiring zero unauthorized network traffic

Know every device on your clinical network.

Passive discovery. No clinical risk. Complete visibility.