The Barkhausen Institute’s exhibit explains three cornerstones of trustworthy networked healthcare: Data protection, IT security and operational security.
The first page of the exhibit provides an introduction to the topic and how to use its interactive elements. If you take a look inside the exhibit, visitors can see a heart with a pacemaker. The data exchange between this medical device and a glowing cloud at the top of the exhibit can be followed via LEDs. The cloud symbolizes the so-called data cloud, in which the information is securely stored and from which it can be retrieved at any time.
The other three sides of the exhibit explain the basic aspects that need to be taken into account with networked medical technology:
Operational safety is a prerequisite for devices to work reliably and without malfunctions. Visitors to the exhibit can trigger a malfunction or disrupt the wireless network by pressing a button with a fictitious lightning strike.
Data protection ensures that sensitive data is only accessible to authorized persons. At the exhibit, a patient file is made visible through the use of a stethoscope, allowing visitors to learn about the differences between anonymized, pseudonymized and personal data.
IT security protects against attacks and manipulation of medical devices. Visitors learn about three different types of typical attacks and can use the exhibit to practice them on the network between the pacemaker and the cloud. In the event of a hacked data exchange or a malfunction, the cloud and the flowing data turn red.
These abstract topics are made accessible to the general public at the exhibit through playful elements and visualizations and explained with practical texts. Visitors can develop an awareness of how important data protection and security are for reliable and trustworthy digital medical technology.
But visitors are also encouraged to reflect. They can take part in interactive opinion barometers at the exhibit and place their votes in the opinion of previous participants. The questions address expectations, potential and fears in the context of digital medical technology. The opinion survey will be published as a review after the end of the exhibition and discussed in the research groups.
The exhibit was developed as part of the SEMECO (Secure Medical Microsystems and Communications) project. Within this project, the Trustworthy Data Processing group and the Connected Robotics Lab (CoRoLa) of the Barkhausen Institute are researching the development of a secure and trustworthy digital platform for medical microsystems. The focus is on enabling data protection-compliant processing of sensitive medical data in the cloud.
The CoRoLa team designs and implements exhibits with low-threshold access for all interested parties from a young age. In this way, current research at the Barkhausen Institute is communicated and made visible to the general public. In addition, demonstrators, measurement setups and prototypes are developed for research projects and scientific exchange at conferences.
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Further links
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