They give an example of a malware and state that the “Conficker is a relatively old piece of malware with well-known mitigation strategies.” The writers state that in 2012 reports show that most medical devices such as computers run the very basic and old Windows XP software. Security support was being shut down by medical device manufacturers, as a result there was no way a hospital and clinics were able to upgrade the devices software and security. According to Fu and Blum antiviruses aren’t always 100% secure. Anti-viruses are programmed to detect and exterminate files that may be harmful to the device. “On April 21, 2010, one-third of the hospitals in Rhode Island were forced to postpone elective surgeries and stop treating patients without traumas in emergency rooms.” (p.2) In the case given by the authors, the anti-virus deleted a very important Windows file that helped run the
They give an example of a malware and state that the “Conficker is a relatively old piece of malware with well-known mitigation strategies.” The writers state that in 2012 reports show that most medical devices such as computers run the very basic and old Windows XP software. Security support was being shut down by medical device manufacturers, as a result there was no way a hospital and clinics were able to upgrade the devices software and security. According to Fu and Blum antiviruses aren’t always 100% secure. Anti-viruses are programmed to detect and exterminate files that may be harmful to the device. “On April 21, 2010, one-third of the hospitals in Rhode Island were forced to postpone elective surgeries and stop treating patients without traumas in emergency rooms.” (p.2) In the case given by the authors, the anti-virus deleted a very important Windows file that helped run the