Cybersecurity Business Models for IoT-Mobile Device Management Services in Futures Digital Hospitals

Authors

  • Julius Francis Gomes Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business & Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Marika Iivari Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business & Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Petri Ahokangas Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business & Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Lauri Isotalo Elisa Corporation, Finland
  • Riikka Niemelä MedicalMountains AG, Tuttlingen, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.516

Keywords:

Internet of Things, Mobile Device Management, Business Model, Digital Hospital, 5G Security, Cybersecurity

Abstract

Hospitals as critical infrastructures has been historically dependent on various types of devices and equipment that are being revolutionized with digitalized solutions. The digitalization of conventional healthcare equipment is added with the new inclusion of numerous new devices for data collection, analysis, communication, and so on. All in all, the futures digital hospitals in 5G will be exponentially more data-dependent and digital-intensive. For that, this paper looks to theorize how the security scenario in a futures digital hospital would look like, and what relevant business possibilities could emerge for cybersecurity providers in the healthcare context. In this paper, we open up discussions on business possibilities relevant to Internet of Things-mobile device management for critical infrastructures such as future digital hospital. We apply business models as a conceptual lens to analyze how cybersecurity business could evolve for 5G enabled IoT-Mobile device management providers as a cybersecurity vendor.

 

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Author Biographies

Julius Francis Gomes, Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business & Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland

Julius Francis Gomes is pursuing his Ph.D. in international business from the University of Oulu. He currently works at the Oulu Business School as a Doctoral Student to research the futuristic business models for digital intensive industries. His research focuses on using business models as a mean to look in to future industries. He is interested to research business ecosystems in different contexts like cyber security, healthcare, future’s network etc. with a business model perspective. He received his M.Sc. (2015) in international business from the University of Oulu. Prior to that he acquired MBA (2011) specializing in managing information systems in business applications. Previously, he has also enjoyed about three years in a top tier bank in Bangladesh as a channel innovator.

Marika Iivari, Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business & Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland

Marika Iivari is a postdoctoral researcher at the Martti Ahtisaari Institute within Oulu Business School. She defended her doctoral dissertation on business models in ecosystemic contexts. She holds M.Sc. in International Business from the Ulster University, Northern Ireland. Her research interests are in the areas of open innovation, business models and strategy in the context of innovation ecosystems and smart cities, digital and ICT business ecosystems. She has been involved in several research projects around 5G and the Internet of Things, most recently in the health care sector. She is also an active member of the Business Model Community, the Open Innovation Community and the Society for Collaborative Networks.

Petri Ahokangas, Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business & Economics, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland

Petri Ahokangas received his M.Sc. (1992) and D.Sc. (1998) degrees from the University Vaasa, Finland. He is currently Adjunct Professor (International software entrepreneurship) and Senior research fellow at Martti Ahtisaari Institute, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests are in how innovation and technological change affect international business creation, transformation, and strategies in highly technology – intensive or software – intensive business domains. He has over 100 publications in scientific journals, books, conference proceedings, and other reports. He is actively working in several ICT-focused research consortia leading the business-related research streams.

Lauri Isotalo, Elisa Corporation, Finland

Lauri Isotalo has received his M.Sc. from Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University) in 1992. He has also a postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. At first Lauri worked in Nokia Corp. in Mobile Technology & System Marketing unit specializing in Intelligent Networks. In 1992 he joined Elisa Corp. where he has held several managerial positions in value added services business, system and process security and mobile network development. Since 2005 Lauri has also led Elisa SME teams in various international collaboration projects and acquired a deep knowledge of the cyber security of legacy telecommunication networks, ip core, access networks, user terminals and modern virtualized data center IT platforms/cloud systems. From 2014 Lauri has headed SDN&NFV development in Elisa.

Riikka Niemelä, MedicalMountains AG, Tuttlingen, Germany

Riikka Niemelä, M.Sc., MHSc., is a cross-disciplinary health-tech professional who obtained her degrees in Electrical Engineering (Master of Science) and Medical technology (Master of Health Sciences) from the University of Oulu, Finland. After R&D engineering, she worked as a research assistant to research the national eHealth development of the Finnish healthcare. Thereafter, she has been researching and promoting the adaptation of connected health technologies in surgical processes of a Nordic future hospital, resulting in scientific publications. Currently, she works as a project manager in Tuttlingen, Germany – the world center of Medical Technology – to generate R&D and innovation projects in cooperation with the ICT and LifeScience companies from Oulu, Finland. Her aim is to promote the digitalization and internationalization of the both high-tech regions and to generate innovations serving the increasing demands for healthcare.

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Published

2017-09-08

How to Cite

Gomes, J. F. ., Iivari, M. ., Ahokangas, P. ., Isotalo, L. ., & Niemelä, R. . (2017). Cybersecurity Business Models for IoT-Mobile Device Management Services in Futures Digital Hospitals. Journal of ICT Standardization, 5(1), 107–128. https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.516

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2017: Vol 5 Iss 1

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