"Protecting Software Secrets in Medical Systems"

A team of researchers investigated 36 digital square global goods, including open source apps, software development kits, desktop apps, and web apps used in the health sector. Eighty-three percent of them were found to contain passwords, private keys, authentication tokens, and other secrets that could be exposed. The research group, including Upanzi Network researchers Theoneste Byagutangaza and Junias Bonou and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)-Africa student Emmanuel Hirwa, wants software developers to design products with cybersecurity in mind. This article continues to discuss the team's research that calls on protecting software secrets in medical systems.

Carnegie Mellon University Africa reports "Protecting Software Secrets in Medical Systems"

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