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Cutting-edge research into healthcare cybersecurity. Collaborate with academics, industry experts, and government partners.
Led by Xavier-Lewis Palmer, PhD
Selected Publications & Resources
- •Meaningful Use for Medical Devices (MUMD): A Patient-Impact-Weighted Incentive Framework for Cyber-ResilienceMedina, J. (Nina A.), Palmer, X.-L. and Canabal, J.M.A. · Zenodo · 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21287522
- •Cybersecurity Incidents as a Contributing Cause of Death: A Call for External-Cause Coding and Clinical-Documentation Reform in HealthcareCanabal, J.M.A., Palmer, X.-L. and Medina, J. (Nina Alli) · Zenodo · 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21288019
- •The Home as the Healthcare Hub: Realizing the Potential of Home-Based Health Monitoring Systems for the Next Generation of Clinical Care — A Pathway to Sustainable, Equitable, and Secure Patient OutcomesHarbour, L. et al. · Zenodo · 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21300781
- •Device Lab at the Biohacking Village — Closing the Trust Deficit: More than a Decade of Applied Research in Medical Device Security Collaboration; A Scalable Model for Collaborative Security in Critical Infrastructure EcosystemsJanine (Nina Alli) Medina, Tom VanNorman, Caleb Davis, Jay Radcliffe, Danny "Danhammer" Hetzel, Xavier Palmer · 2026
- •Incorporating S.P.I.C.Y. DICOM Polyglot Threats into Cyber Warfare ExercisesDanny "Danhammer" Hetzel, Xavier-Lewis Palmer, Lucas Potter, Nina Alli · ECCWS 2026
- •Balancing Security and Safety: A Look at Emergency Access Solutions for Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs)Austin James, Veronica Schmitt, Janine Medina, Danny "Danhammer" Hetzel, Lucas Potter, Xavier Palmer · ECCWS 2026
- •Applying Disaster Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance to Assess Civilian Harm from Healthcare Cyber OperationsSzymon Skalski, Janine Medina, Jorge Acevedo Canabal, Scott James Shackelford · 2026 (pending publication)
- •Hackers' AlmanackDEF CON Franklin · 2025
- •It Takes a Village: Spotlighting Practitioner-Driven Cybersecurity Successes and Future OpportunitiesDistrictCon & Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative · 2024
- •Bioeconomy State of the UnionBiohacking Village · 2023
- •Genomic and Synthetic Biology Digital BiosecurityHudson CM, Pattengale ND, Iyer RK, Kalbarczyk ZT, Alli N. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2022;27:402–406. PMID 34890167
- •Best Practices Framework for Health Care Cyber Protection of MEP SystemsAmerican Society for Health Care Engineering & American Hospital Association
- •Cybersecurity in the BioeconomyBiohacking Village · 2022
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- •Biologia et Machina: Cyberbiosecurity for Today's Hybrid EvolutionBipartisan Commission on Biodefense report · 2021
- •Building resilient medical technology supply chains with a software bill of materialsCarmody S, Coravos A, Fahs G, et al. npj Digit. Med. 4, 34 · 2021
- •Hacking healthcare: A call for infosec researchers to probe biomedical devicesZorz Z. HelpNetSecurity · 2019
- •A Model Hospital Where the Devices Get Hacked — on PurposeNewman LH. Wired · 2019
- •The Case for a Hippocratic Oath for Connected Medical Devices: ViewpointWoods B, Coravos A, Corman JD. J Med Internet Res 21(3) · 2019. doi:10.2196/12568