Securing IoT wearable health devices against cyberthreats through Securing XML Data in electronic Patient Care Reports (ePCR)

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Procedia Computer Science

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Abstract

The continued spread of the Internet of Things is revolutionizing the world of technology. Wearables is one of the most popular IoT concept nowadays, and Wearable Health devices is becoming widely used nowadays to conduct many useful health related tasks from monitoring vital signs to controlling the insulin level in the patient's blood. These small devices continually sense, collect, and transmit various patients’ health related data. This transmitted data will be stored and part of the electronic patient care reports (ePCR) which is very private and sensitive information and must be protected from cyber threats. The security of electronic patient care reports (ePCR) is very important in safeguarding sensitive medical information. This paper explores how to implement and authenticate several security measures that secure XML data within ePCR systems. We employ AES-256 encryption to secure data in transit and XML Schema Definition (XSD) to ensure data integrity. We also evaluate the efficiency of these methods by examining the network traffic using Wireshark. We also implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage permissions and enforce access control policies. Our experiment shows the strength of encryption in preventing unauthorized access and the capability of schema validation for detecting manipulated data. The findings present practical insights and recommendations for improving ePCR system security, stressing a multi-layered approach for protecting patient information from being tampered

ISSN

1877-0509

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Volume

251

First Page

406

Last Page

413

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Keywords

IoT wearable health devices, cyber threats, XML data security, electronic Patient Care Reports, encryption

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series

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