The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is soliciting public comments on the draft version of National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity White Paper 34, titled, “Mitigating Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks in Telehealth Smart Home Integration.”
Hospital-at-Home Deployments
The paper discusses the cybersecurity risks associated with the various telehealth solutions that come with hospital-at-home, or HaH, deployments, the NIST Computer Security Resource Center said Thursday. HaH refers to a form of telehealth that provides patients with care and monitoring at their place of residence with the help of various medical and communication devices, including hospital-grade tools provided by healthcare delivery organizations—or HDOs—and commercial Internet of Things devices provided by patients, which would operate side by side.
Purpose of the Paper
The paper looks into the risk of attackers targeting a patient’s commercial IoT device or network to infiltrate an HDO’s environment. The paper also offers recommendations to address such risks.
Interested parties have until Jan. 6, 2025, to submit comments.
