Protecting E-healthcare Data Privacy for Internet of Things Based Wireless Body Area Network

Anass Rghioui,Fatiha Elouaai,Mohammed Bouhorma,Aziza Laarje

doi:10.19026/rjaset.9.2638

Abstract

This study aim to give an analysis of the threats to privacy in wireless sensors in the context of the Internet of things and we review the pros and cons of some of the proposed solutions in order to ensure privacy. We propose a solution for the management of security keys based on symmetric encryption, taking into account two important factors, the sensors resources constraints and their mobility being linked to the patient body that may move occasionally. Tests gave significant results confirm that our proposed solution is secure, energy efficient and unable to deal with mobility. The field of healthcare knew an important development due to the evolution of the technology used in its applications, from sophisticated equipment in the operating rooms, to diagnostic and analysis equipment offering accurate and effective results. Among devices that have contributed to the development of the field of healthcare is the mobile monitoring sensors that are placed on the patient's body. By the emergence of the Internet of Things, it became possible to access to them remotely, so the possibility of offering patients a continuous and real-time monitoring and keep track of his health condition wherever he goes, from inside his home, in the street, in the workplace, etc. However, the main drawback of these applications is the lack of consideration of data security and privacy. The nature of these sensors from a wireless connection and limited capacities, making them vulnerable to a range of attacks aimed at eavesdrop or tamper patients’ personal information.

Highlights

The healthcare is among the most important areas in which technology gives special attention due to its vital importance, the whole progress is based on improving the human life quality and provide better for him, it is normal that the field of healthcare has this advantage as it directly affects human life
The TA4SP has reported that our solution is INCONCLUSIVE; that is because the case of the existing of compromised nodes in the network, that is clear, cryptography alone cannot provide a complete solution to any system, we have to choose other systems in parallel to solve the shortcomings of cryptography, such as intrusion detection systems
We presented a settlement security keys for symmetric cryptography in order to ensure the privacy of the WBAN sensors in the context of Internet of Things (IoT)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The healthcare is among the most important areas in which technology gives special attention due to its vital importance, the whole progress is based on improving the human life quality and provide better for him, it is normal that the field of healthcare has this advantage as it directly affects human life. The medical central unit analyzes the received data and shows the caregivers the results about the monitored person health; to help them to understand his state and help them to intervene in the best moment Integrating these sensors to internet open a new horizons to the telemedicine domain (Atzori et al, 2010), giving the possibility of tracing the patient's condition frequently and in real time. And ethically is one of the most confidential things binding preserved between the patient and the caregiver responsible for his condition, whether an individual as the doctor or a legal entity as the hospital It must be protected from tampering; sensed data is sent over the Internet to the medical central unit that stores it and analyze it in order to reveal the health status of the patient. Encrypted messages can only be read if the decryption key is available in the node

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