Lightweight Solutions for Securing IoT Based Healthcare System

Authors

  • Ms. P. Jeyadurga  Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Dr. S. Ebenezer Juliet  Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, VV College of Engineering, Tisaiyanvilai, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Internet of Things, Wireless Body Sensor Network, HealthCare, Security, Hash function, Mutual Authentication

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging field that plays a vital role in medical application. The Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN) technology is integrated with IoT for an efficient healthcare monitoring. In this system, wearable wireless body sensors are used on patient’s body to monitor their heath condition and report to concerned care takers in case of any emergency situation, when a patient’s life is under risk. IoT introduces new challenges for the security of the system and the proposed protocol aims at enhancing security in IoT based automated modern healthcare system. As security is one of the major mandatory requirements of healthcare application, a strict authentication scheme must be developed to ensure patient’s privacy by preventing critical information from eavesdropping. To overcome the security threats in the existing healthcare system, a novel approach is introduced to provide lightweight solutions. The proposed lightweight anonymous authentication protocol is useful in many IoT applications where security is a major concern. The security analysis shows that this system satisfies all the essential security requirements and withstands all the possible attacks to give advanced healthcare support. The communication and computation overhead is reduced by employing the proposed lightweight authentication protocol. The comparative results demonstrate that the proposed protocol is efficient and robust than the existing protocols.

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2021-04-10

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Ms. P. Jeyadurga, Dr. S. Ebenezer Juliet, " Lightweight Solutions for Securing IoT Based Healthcare System, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp.158-174, March-April-2021.