COVID-19 boosts prospects for health IoT
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Significance
Health IoT devices are also useful for collecting patient data, which, at scale, could help medical researchers better understand the virus. However, cybersecurity risks are high and rising.
Impacts
- Public-private partnerships will rise as governments contract private firms for digital health services.
- If contact-tracing apps become ubiquitous, users are likely to take an increased interest in data protection more generally.
- IoT security will become a regular part of cyber insurance.