PARTICLE
Founded in 2019, PARTICLE is a Portuguese SME with a technology drive that provides secure systems and applications for improved situational awareness, leveraging the IoT paradigm and supporting high volumes of data exchange. PARTICLE’s solutions are fit for the Healthcare, Emergency, Security and Defense markets, integrating comprehensive monitoring capabilities, robust communication protocols, secure cloud platforms and Big Data architectures that enable advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, upholding innovative interoperability, security and privacy features.
Role in Piqaso
PARTICLE contributes to the PIQASO Project by providing the testbed to support the Smart Ambulance Use Case.
In ambulance transports, the vehicle is equipped with a large number of connected medical devices that continuously monitor the patient’s vital signs, collecting data that is valuable for providing adequate medical assistance. In addition, the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) collect medically-relevant information on the patient’s condition.
Today, this data is only available at the ambulance for the EMTs to monitor the patient’s status and stability during transport. The Smart Ambulance Use Case will explore the cybersecurity aspects associated with the real-time exchange of the vehicle’s devices data and patient information to the destination hospital, so as to keep the point-of-care medical team apprised of the patient’s status at all times.
This information will support the hospital’s medical intervention and early diagnosis and will allow for a better planning of the resources required to assist the incoming patient.
Specifically, PIQASO will address the security vulnerabilities associated with connected medical devices and the exchange of medical data between an unsecure space (i.e., public communications network) and the secure hospital IT infrastructure and will provide a comprehensive suite of quantum-safe cryptographic services to deliver superior levels of cyber protection to connected medical devices, safeguarding of the hospital’s IT infrastructure and the privacy of patient data.
