A review of security protocols in mHealth Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN)
Kang, James and Adibi, Sasan 2015, A review of security protocols in mHealth Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN). In Doss, Robin, Piramuthu, Selwyn and Zhou, Wei (ed), Future network systems and security : first international conference, FNSS 2015, Paris, France, June 11-13, 2015, Proceedings, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp.61-83, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19210-9_5.
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A review of security protocols in mHealth Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN)
Communications in computer and information science; v.523
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5
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13
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61
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83
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23
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Springer
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Berlin, Germany
Summary
The popularity of smartphones has led to an increasing demand for health apps. As a result, the healthcare industry is embracing mobile technology and the security of mHealth is essential in protecting patient’s user data and WBAN in a clinical setting. Breaches of security can potentially be life-threatening as someone with malicious intentions could misuse mHealth devices and user information. In this article, threats to security for mHealth networks are discussed in a layered approach addressing gaps in this emerging field of research. Suite B and Suite E, which are utilized in many security systems, including in mHealth applications, are also discussed. In this paper, the support for mHealth security will follow two approaches; protecting patient-centric systems and associated link technologies. Therefore this article is focused on the security provisioning of the communication path between the patient terminal (PT; e.g., sensors) and the monitoring devices (e.g., smartphone, data-collector).
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