An episode of “Homeland” guided Mike Kijewski to founding MedCrypt, a medical device security startup that began operations in January 2016. In it, the vice president has his pacemaker hacked, the end result being a heart attack that kills him—assassination by cybersecurity negligence, in effect.
“When I started researching medical device security, not only did I find out that was possible, but that most medical devices out there really lack any basic device-security technology,” said Kijewski, who serves as CEO.
