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Advanced Medical Technology Raises Questions Of Cyber Security

Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 3:49pm
Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 9:27am
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Medical devices are increasingly becoming more high tech. People with insulin pumps, for example, can upload their blood-sugar levels directly to their doctor.

But with those technological advances come concerns about who else might see sensitive medical information — or worse.

For more on this, we turn to Dr. David Armstrong, a professor in the Department of Surgery at the U of A. We reached him at a meeting of the Cyber security Standard for Connected Diabetes Devices Steering Committee in Maryland.

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