Journal Article

Security Attacks and Solutions in Electronic Health (E-health) Systems

Zeadally, Sherali, Isaac, Jesús Téllez, Baig, Zubair

2016

Overview

For centuries, healthcare has been a basic service provided by many governments to their citizens. Over the past few decades, we have witnessed a significant transformation in the quality of healthcare services provided by healthcare organizations and professionals. Recent advances have led to the emergence of Electronic Health (E-health), largely made possible by the massive deployment and adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs). However, cybercriminals and attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities associated primarily with ICTs, causing data breaches of patients’ confidential digital health information records. Here, we review recent security attacks reported for E-healthcare and discuss the solutions proposed to mitigate them. We also identify security challenges that must be addressed by E-health system designers and implementers in the future, to respond to threats that could arise as E-health systems become integrated with technologies such as cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Computer Security - standards / Confidentiality / Cybercrime / Data integrity / Electronic health records / Electronic Health Records - organization & administration / Health Informatics / Health Information Exchange - standards / Health Sciences / Humans / Internet / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Mobile & Wireless Health / Network security / Quality of care / Remote Sensing Technology - methods / Remote Sensing Technology - standards / Security and Privacy in e-healthcare / Statistics for Life Sciences / Telemedicine - organization & administration / Telemedicine - standards / Wireless Technology - organization & administration / Wireless Technology - standards