Proposing a modeling framework for minimizing security vulnerabilities in IoT systems in the healthcare domain

As the use of and reliance on IoT devices grows within the public domain, there is an equivalent dependence on due diligence taken to the design and development of IoT devices entering the medical and healthcare domains. Coupled with the growth of data passed through these embedded systems, there is a clear and potential danger in having these IoT devices and networks not be held to the same rigorous standards of design as other industrial-level technology. In this paper we address the issue of poor security design and implementation in medical IoT devices by proposing the use of existing modeling software (AADL) as a method of standardization of medical IoT device development.