Medical Device Security Testbed

The Medical Device Security testbed, housed in the VCU College of Engineering, examines the intersection of cybersecurity and medical devices. As more of our healthcare has a data aspect, our team is working to investigate how to keep patients and their data secure.

OpenCyberCity Testbed

OpenCyberCity, housed in the VCU College of Engineering, provides researchers, educators, and industry partners access to technologies that comprise a smart city.

This testbed enables collaborative research and education in autonomous vehicles, cyber-physical security, and smart grids as well as the interaction among these aspects.

NextG Testbed

The NextG testbed is used for both testing implementing 5G and NextG systems as well as for assessing the fields radiated by vulnerable medical devices while they are under attack on the network, with the goal being to build an independent detector that would alarm when these devices are being hacked.

Currently, researchers are working on characterizing the emitted signals of medical devices under attack which will help create detection systems to secure medical devices in networked healthcare environments.

In addition, researchers are constructing and characterizing new magnetic materials, which may be useful for RF shielding and power dissipation for use in telecommunications, security, medical and smart city applications.