Get Smart: Using PKI to Secure the IoT

As self-driving vehicles are coming off the production line, automakers are deploying technology to improve the driving experience, from the infotainment system to enhancing brake and fuel efficiency. Yet, adequate cyber security measures still need to catch up. Whether it’s the hacked Jeep or the Nissan Leaf app vulnerability, connected vehicles often fail to implement basic authentication and encryption measures to protect users.

Mike Nelson and Mike Ahmadi will cover the following topics:

- Insight into the state of connected vehicle security and the need for interoperable standards-based solutions.
- How connected device manufacturers are using public key infrastructure (PKI) to provide scalable authentication, encryption and data integrity for the vehicle and its thousands of connected parts.
- Specific steps security teams can take beginning today.

As the Internet of Things (IoT) and device connectivity within healthcare settings increases, the need for strong security rises, even as the potential exists to improve patient care through data sharing and real-time analysis. Threats to patient health and private healthcare data continue to grow in sophistication and volume, prompting the FDA to recently issue guidance for Post-Market Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices. Evolving risks include direct threats to patient safety that could occur because of manipulation of data in transit or device compromise. Similarly, healthcare organizations are at risk of connected devices providing backdoor access to their networks, potentially losing patient and other proprietary data that could undermine their long-term stability. A third risk to manufacturers is the loss of IP protections during manufacturing. The healthcare industry is responding by acknowledging the need for better security, but a major obstacle arises in how to effectively assess risk, prioritize and deploy security solutions at scale.

This webinar provides an overview from both a healthcare provider organization and medical device manufacturer perspective.

During this webinar, learn about:

•The state of medical device cybersecurity - including an assessment of where progress is being made and areas in need of improvement
•How to conduct a proper medical device risk assessment for large healthcare networks
•The importance of manufacturers issuing timely medical device software patches and updates & FDA clarification of policies
•Technologies being used to manage device identity, data encryption and user/device authentication at scale for connected medical devices
•Why creating, classifying and managing medical device inventories are difficult, but necessary, steps for many healthcare organizations

This webinar discusses how the Internet of Things is using PKI to address IoT authentication challenges. Discover innovative new methods for using PKI to tackle the unique scalability, privacy, and compute constraints of the IoT.

Common use cases demonstrate how digital certificate deployment is used for secure key management as well as to enable trusted device enrollment, authenticated device updates, and more. PKI plays plays a ke in providing reliable identity assurance and encryption for billions of endpoints (e.g. devices and servers) for connected healthcare, automobiles, manufacturing, industrial operations, smart homes and cities, and so much more.