Healthcare IoT Security: From Vulnerabilities to Trustworthy Systems

Authors

Afef Kchaou
IUT Bordeaux, 15 Street of Naudet, 33170 Gradignan, France. Tunis El Manar University, Sciences Faculty of Tunis, 20 Street of Tolède, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia.
Hatem Garrab
Electronics and Micro-Electronic Laboratory (LEµE), Bd de l’environnement, Monastir 5000, Tunisia. Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Sousse, University of Sousse, Street Taher Ben Achour, 4003 Sousse, Tunisia

Synopsis

New generation of connected healthcare systems has emerging digital technologies and medical science. They are converging more and more with time. This development delivers healthcare: it connects smart medical devices, analysis real-time data, and executes the make an advanced clinical decision. This progress creates more attached, efficient, and patient-centered healthcare ecosystem. With recent advancements in Internet of Things (IoT), continuous monitoring became possible. As well as predictive analytics and patient-centered care. On the other hand, with possible injury directly implicating patient safety and trust, growing requirement on Health-IoT (H-IoT) has carried critical security and privacy concerns. This chapter presents a brief overview of the H-IoT applied-systems. Device classification and architectural layers are also described. As well, fundamental security challenges are including: weak authentication, data integrity risks, and supply chain vulnerabilities. Then, real-world incidents and attacks in a infusion pump is discussed, following by an example of pacemaker recalls. Indeed, regulatory and ethical dimensions of H-IoT are discussed. Additionally, this chapter a survey reveals emerging solutions, such as blockchain, lightweight cryptography, zero-trust architectures, and privacy-preserving analytics and post-quantum security. Finally, this chapter concludes by some future oriented new IoT healthcare security.

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Published

2 December 2025

How to Cite

Kchaou, A. ., & Garrab, H. . (2025). Healthcare IoT Security: From Vulnerabilities to Trustworthy Systems. In H. . Garrab (Ed.), Tunable Active Inductors for Next-Generation Wireless and Biomedical Systems (pp. 180-193). Deep Science Publishing. https://doi.org/10.70593/978-93-7185-269-2_11