Healthcare on it-learn.io | IT, Networking & Cybersecurity Bloghttps://blog.it-learn.io/tags/healthcare/Recent content in Healthcare on it-learn.io | IT, Networking & Cybersecurity BlogHugoen-usTue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000IoT Security Architecture for Manufacturing and Healthcarehttps://blog.it-learn.io/posts/2026-05-05-iot-security-architecture-manufacturing-healthcare/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.it-learn.io/posts/2026-05-05-iot-security-architecture-manufacturing-healthcare/<p>A hospital radiology department connects a new MRI machine to the network. It runs an embedded Linux kernel from 2019, communicates over DICOM on an unencrypted port, cannot accept an endpoint agent, and the manufacturer says patching it would void the warranty. It is now on the same VLAN as the nurses&rsquo; workstations.</p> <p>A manufacturing plant connects a programmable logic controller to the corporate network so operations can monitor production metrics from their desks. The PLC speaks Modbus TCP with no authentication. It controls a physical process that, if disrupted, shuts down a production line costing the company six figures per hour.</p>