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Detection and Prevention of Cyber Attacks Aimed at Medical Imaging Devices

Principal Investigator
Name
Tom Mahler
Degrees
M.Sc.
Institution
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Position Title
PhD Candidate
Email
About this CDAS Project
Study
NLST (Learn more about this study)
Project ID
NLST-418
Initial CDAS Request Approval
Jun 6, 2018
Title
Detection and Prevention of Cyber Attacks Aimed at Medical Imaging Devices
Summary
The goal of our study is to research vulnerabilities in medical imaging devices and develop novel detection and prevention techniques to protect MIDs from cyber attacks. We investigate the effects of such attacks on medical images in order to learn the best way to protect from such attacks.
Aims

Aim 1: Investigate the effects of cyber attacks on medical images.
Aim 2: Develop a detection and prevention framework to protect medical imaging devices from cyber attacks.

Collaborators

Prof. Yuval Shahar, MD, FACMI, MIAHSI, the Josef Erteschik Chair in Information Systems Engineering, Head of the Medical Informatics Research Center, the Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, Ben Gurion University
Prof. Yuval Elovici, the Department of Information Systems Engineering, Director of Telekom Innovation Laboratories at Ben-Gurion University, Head of Ben-Gurion University Cyber Security Research Center and Davide and Irene Sala Chair in Homeland Security Research