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Leaving a broken system the way it is, that's not a solution.

—Barack Obama

In order to understand the risks related to internet-connected medical devices, it is important to understand what medical devices are. That requires not only understanding the individual components that comprise internet-connected medical devices, but also how the parts fit into the larger ecosystem of devices and technology and, in some cases, ultimately services. This, in turn, has a huge impact on the security of healthcare organizations and potentially our very lives.

To accomplish this, we'll explore a bit of the evolution into internet-connected medical devices and the current challenges with the various kinds of devices and technology—including the vulnerabilities. Think of a vulnerability as a weakness in the system. Those vulnerabilities are such a pervasive part of the building blocks of internet-connected medical devices that it may seem hard to understand how to get past them from a layperson's perspective. This is such a critical chapter because it sets a central foundation that will be explored throughout this book—how we protect medical devices, our medical institutions, our data, and our lives.