The Medical Device Security Center is a cross-disciplinary partnership between researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Washington.

Our research mission is to help improve the understanding of and balance between security, privacy, safety, and effectiveness for next-generation medical and pervasive healthcare devices.

Research Highlights
Oakland 2008: oscilloscope and other tools
Daniel Halperin et al.: Pacemakers and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Software Radio Attacks and Zero-Power Defenses. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 2008 (FAQ, PDF of paper).
News
February 2010: The Medical Device Security Center blog is up! Subscribe in your favorite feedreader to stay abreast of developments in medical device security and privacy research.
February 2010: HealthSec 2010 is accepting submissions! Two-page position papers are due April 9, 2010 by 11:59pm PDT. HealthSec 2010 is a venue for your bold ideas about electronic medical records, device-mediated patient privacy, security policy related to medical information, wireless implantable medical devices, and related topics.