How healthcare systems can prevent unauthorized remote device tampering and patient telemetry eavesdropping using post-quantum device identity.
Modern hospitals deploy thousands of networked Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices: infusion pumps, patient monitors, diagnostic imaging systems, and smart beds. Ransomware operators and malicious adversaries actively target these devices to disrupt clinical care or pivot deeper into hospital networks.
By provisioning each medical device with a factory-burned ML-DSA key pair anchored in MedicalTPM silicon, hospital network firewalls and 802.1X switches can verify the authentic provenance and uncompromised firmware state of every connected device before assigning it to isolated VLANs.
End-to-end encryption frameworks for patient vital signs streaming across HL7, FHIR, and IEEE 11073 standards, guaranteeing data confidentiality and integrity from the bedside sensor to the enterprise cloud EHR.