Author: Gabrielle E. Hempel, CHTI

Gabrielle is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, where she studied Neuroscience and Psychology. She started her career in regulatory compliance, and led specialized committees targeting Phase I and emergency research. Though she still serves on a board as a regulatory/genetic science consultant, she moved to cybersecurity in 2018 and works as a Senior Security Analyst with Accenture. Her continued areas of research include embedded/vehicle security, IoT vulnerabilities, and medical device security.

From the Fall 2019 Issue

Hacking Humans: Are You Safe? Addressing Vulnerabilities in the Advancing Medical Device Landscape

Author(s):

Diane M Janosek, PhD, JD, CISSP, LPEC, Senior Legal Advisor, WiCyS Mid-Atlantic

Donna Raziano, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Mercy Home Health and Mercy LIFE

Gabrielle E. Hempel, CHTI, Security Analyst, Accenture

Digital Transformation

The United States’ healthcare system rests on a secure critical infrastructure. However, there are valid concerns that as doctors increasingly rely on these advances in healthcare devices, the risk to the patient correspondingly increases. Vulnerabilities in implantable devices are now recognized as a significant attack surface.  With technology advances, medical devices are being fitted with … Read more