Could a personal medical device become a threat to an organization? Turns out securing pmds is very similar to protecting against any type of attack against a mobile device. Except a denial of service here could prove fatal. Todd Brasel, the author of Security Issues of Personal Medical Devices: Concerns, Characteristics, and Controls, discusses with Error Code the research he’s done on devices either inside the body or just outside, the vulnerabilities in communications they sometimes have, and the mitigations available today.