Towards a Secure and Sustainable Internet of Medical Things (IoMT): Requirements, Design Challenges, Security Techniques, and Future Trends

Bharat Bhushan (), Avinash Kumar, Ambuj Kumar Agarwal, Amit Kumar, Pronaya Bhattacharya and Arun Kumar
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Bharat Bhushan: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, Uttar Pradesh, India
Avinash Kumar: SITAICS, Rashtriya Raksha University, Lavad 382305, Gujarat, India
Ambuj Kumar Agarwal: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, Uttar Pradesh, India
Amit Kumar: Department of Computer Science and Applications, School of Engineering and technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, 201310, India
Pronaya Bhattacharya: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Kolkata 700135, West Bengal, India
Arun Kumar: Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida 201310, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-25

Abstract: Recent advances in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, mini-hardware manufacturing, and micro computing have led to the development of the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT is integrated with medical devices in order to enable better treatment, cost-effective medical solutions, improved patient monitoring, and enhanced personalized healthcare. This has led to the development of more complex and heterogeneous Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) systems that have their own operating systems and protocols. Even though such pervasive and low-cost sensing devices can bring about enormous changes in the healthcare sector, these are prone to numerous security and privacy issues. Security is thus a major challenge in these critical systems, one that inhibits their widespread adoption. However, significant inroads have been made by the on-going research, which powers the IoMT applications by incorporating prevalent security measures. In this regard, this paper highlights the significance of implementing key security measures, and essential aspects of the IoMT that make it useful for interconnecting various internal and external working domains of healthcare. This paper presents state-of-the-art techniques for securing IoMT systems, in terms of data transmission, collection, and storage. Furthermore, the paper also explores various security requirements, inherent design challenges, and various security techniques that could make the IoMT more secure and sustainable. Finally, the paper gives a panoramic view of the current status of research in the field and outlines some future research directions in this area.

Keywords: Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); security; privacy; healthcare; medical devices; cyber security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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