Episode

Making Medical Devices Secure - Tamil Mathi - ASW #373

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Application Security Weekly (Audio)
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Mar 10, 2026
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Summary

Medical devices are a special segment of the IoT world where availability and patient safety are paramount. Tamil Mathi explains why many devices need to fail open -- the opposite of what traditional appsec approaches might initially think -- and what makes threat modeling these devices interesting and unique. He also covers how to get started in this space, from where to learn hardware hacking basics to reviewing firmware and moving up the stack to the application layer. Segment Resources: https://www.defconbiohackingvillage.org https://medium.com/@tamilmathi maddy tamilthurai/securing-the-future-of-iot-with-trusted-execution-environments-tees-a-secure-scalable-and-1376f94e755c Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-373