Thales and Device Authority connects health industry

Thales, and Device Authority connected with each other to jointly developed healthcare IoT solution to ensure the authentication of devices and the confidentiality and integrity of the data they rely on – giving both healthcare professionals and their patients the confidence to adopt these new technologies.

The IoT market in healthcare, otherwise known as ‘Connected Health’, has boomed in recent years with forecasts predicting it will reach $612bn by 2024.  And, the healthcare industry is regularly targeted by cybercriminals, with 70 percent of healthcare organizations around the world having experienced a data breach according to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report. As new technologies are adopted by the healthcare industry, they provide new opportunities for cybercriminals – and the risks are high.

“IoT is transforming the healthcare industry and the way healthcare is provided,” said Darron Antill, Chief Executive Officer of Device Authority. “This solution will bring a new level of assurance to both healthcare professionals and patients that the technology being implemented is secured and all data transferred is safe from compromise.”

The new solution from the partnership integrates Device Authority’s KeyScaler platform with the Thales nShield Connect hardware security module (HSM) that will authenticate any new device hardware and establish a strong root of trust and identity on the network. The solution then provides additional security operations, such as issuing a security token that the device can use to validate itself to other IoT platforms, or provide a unique device key and certificate.

Cindy Provin, Chief Executive Officer of Thales eSecurity, said “Our partnership with Device Authority enables us to solve the device authentication, integrity and data privacy challenges that are impeding IoT deployments, by creating a hardened system for issuing and managing device credentials and keys that are essential to creating a root of trust and enhancing patient safety for customer IoT projects.”