Heath Device Security and Privacy

Abstract

Mobile health devices are most commonly used for health fitness and user health status-recording purposes. This chapter discusses the strengths and features of mobile health devices apart from user data security and privacy attacks that occur due to poor security firmware in mobile health devices. Many research works have been published with focus on the user data security and privacy leakage for mobile health devices. Data security is one of the major security vulnerabilities found in many mobile health devices. Google Glass is the earliest mobile health device that boosted the growth of mobile health device technology. Analysing strengths of the selected devices, connection capabilities and data storage structure, such devices have more security and privacy concerns. Healthcare system Internet of Things security and privacy systems impact in various ways to enhance data security and privacy. User data on mobile health devices could be compromised through Bluetooth connections to mobile applications that push and pull data from the cloud server.