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Keynote - Karen Sandler

Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia

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Assumes interest and some biology. Education, not medical advice.

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Karen Sandler discusses the security and safety implications of proprietary software in life-sustaining medical devices like pacemakers.

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What people say. Recommended for its insightful discussion on the security risks of closed-source software in implantable medical devices.

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Another really good talk about the topic, "freedon in my heart" by Karen Sandler: link to this video It's mentioned in the article.

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On “Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source?”

Sandler gave a much longer version of the talk at LCA link to this video The paper both are based on is at link edit: Also, similar points can be made about other embedded and safety-critical software. security through obscurity in automobiles is scary, some materials on this at link

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On “CVE-2015-3459 – Hospira Lifecare PCA Infusion Pump”

Related: Karen Sandler's LC2012 keynote, which discusses the challenges of finding anything out about life-sustaining medical technology: link to this video