May vulnerability stop progress? --- It is hard to imagine that people will accept to have a pacemaker, an insulin pump, a brain neurostimulators etc. if those devices can be hacked...

Everyone will have to weigh the risks and benefits for him/herself. If any major incident happens though, it may impact on the readiness to use smart medical devices. Are medical implants designed with high standards of cyber protection or are they designed with an average security level ?

Source author: Florence Tinguely Mattli florence.tinguely-mattli@eda.admin.ch