As healthcare moves into a new era of increasing information vulnerability, radiologists should understand that they may be using systems exposed to altered data or data that contains malicious elements. This podcast explains the vulnerabilities of DICOM images and discusses requirements to properly secure these images from cyberattacks.

For more on this topic, read Benoit Desjardins' article from the January issue of AJR. https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.19.21958