SEPTON Toolkit application: An overview of the security techniques used from wearable medical devices to physician’s healthcare platform

Now that the technology is more widely available than ever before, protecting information assets is paramount, especially in the face of escalating cyber threats. The healthcare sector has experienced a significant increase in cyber-attacks, particularly those affecting patient data and business continuity. This trend, exacerbated by the widespread adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, poses significant challenges to securing healthcare infrastructure, given its critical role and unique operational constraints. This paper presents the SEPTON Horizon Europe project, a comprehensive cybersecurity toolkit designed to improve the security of networked medical devices in hospitals and healthcare centres. The mechanisms, techniques and methodologies used in the development of the SEPTON toolkit are presented. The scope and level of application of each component is briefly described, and how each can enhance the overall security of the medical system flow. Finally, a description of the use case with a wearable medical device and the tools of the SEPTON toolkit that will be integrated and tested in it is given.