Bio-Cybersecurity in Professional Wearables: Designing Secure Medical IoT Infrastructure for Enterprise Health Monitoring

Abstract

The widespread adoption of professional wearable devices in healthcare and business settings has revolutionized the process of collecting, analyzing, and repurposing health data to facilitate ongoing monitoring and preventive care. Nevertheless, with the development of devices closely integrated with the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), they become a source of new cybersecurity risks that must be addressed as a priority. This article explores the relatively new and highly relevant field of bio-cybersecurity, examining its role in ensuring the security of physiological data generated by professional wearables. It proposes an in-depth description of different types of wearable devices, ways in which they are used in healthcare and occupational health environments, and the diverse range of cybersecurity risks they encounter- such as data hacking, unauthorized entry, and tampering with devices. Based on international requirements and practical demonstrations of scenarios with corresponding analysis, the article suggests best practices for secure system design, regulatory issues, and stakeholder contributions to creating safe medical IoT environments. The paper concludes with some prospective solutions, such as the embracement of AI, blockchain, and zero-trust architectures, in researching the mainstream flow of ensuring that health information remains secure and anonymous, even in a diverse technological environment.