NIST project will consider security of ‘smart home’ devices in healthcare delivery

NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has announced the launch of a project to create guidelines for the use of “smart home” and Internet of Things technology in telehealth.

“IoT brings novel capabilities to consumers in their homes. However, along with those capabilities, the nature of IoT compels technology adopters to rethink how they may need to secure their home environment and the networks with which their homes interconnect,” NCCoE said in a statement Monday. “This project will result...