Embedded Security for Medical Devices

Protect life-critical medical and health IT devices from firmware-level attacks.
 

Life-Critical Devices,
Long Lifecycles

Infusion pumps, neuro and sleep diagnostic systems, NICU monitors, and other embedded platforms sit on clinical networks for a decade or more. They run complex firmware, rely on wireless connectivity and cloud updates, and are difficult to patch quickly, making them prime targets once an attacker reaches the hospital network.

  • Legacy OS and toolchains

    Devices remain in the field long after their original security model and OS support window.
  • Opaque third-party firmware

    Deep stacks of proprietary and open-source components complicate vulnerability management.
  • Always-on connectivity

    Wi-Fi, cellular, and VPNs enable remote service and drug-library updates but widen the attack surface.
  • Limited runtime visibility

    Network and endpoint tools rarely see what happens in device firmware and memory.

Designed for device manufacturers

How Can SYMBIOTE Enhance Your Medical Devices?

01

Secure current and future platforms

Add Symbiote runtime protection to existing and developing product families without hardware modification.

02

Strengthen Product Security Program

Back your SBOMs, threat models, and pen tests with concrete device-level controls that persist through the full lifecycle.

03

Support shifting regulatory expectations

Provide evidence of runtime integrity, monitoring, and incident response capabilities for premarket and post market submissions.

Defend Your Medical Devices From Within

Red Balloon Security’s runtime defense solutions embeds host-based security directly into medical device firmware, continuously verifying code and memory integrity on platforms ranging from infusion pumps to neurodiagnostic and NICU systems.

Firmware Hardening

Reduce attack surface in existing firmware without a hardware redesign. Streamline binaries, remove unused functionality, and prepare platforms for runtime protection.

Runtime Protection

Symbiote runs alongside existing firmware to detect and block attempts to hijack memory, alter control flow, or execute unauthorized code—even if the network is compromised.

Runtime Monitoring

Protected devices stream security events to a central platform, giving security and clinical engineering teams visibility into threats across fleets of medical and health IT devices.

CONTACT

Ready to Secure Your Next Generation of Connected Devices

If you manufacture connected medical devices, our team of embedded security engineers and researchers can help you identify how our solutions can fit into your product architecture and development plans.

Reach out to Red Balloon Security to discover our extensive range of dynamic embedded security solutions and protect your essential hardware today.