XML Security based Access Control for Healthcare Information in Mobile Environment

Mobile and wireless devices have penetrated the health care sector due to their increased functionality, low cost, high reliability and easy-to-use nature. However, in such health care applications the privacy and security of the transmitted information must be preserved. Also different personal inv...

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Published in2006 Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Weerasinghe, D., Elmufti, K., Rajarajan, M., Rakocevic, V.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2006
Subjects
Access control
Authentication
Communication system security
Cryptography
Data communication
Data security
Information security
Medical services
Mobile communication
XML
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Summary:Mobile and wireless devices have penetrated the health care sector due to their increased functionality, low cost, high reliability and easy-to-use nature. However, in such health care applications the privacy and security of the transmitted information must be preserved. Also different personal involved in the Healthcare industry must have different access privileges to the patient information. In this paper we present a protocol that will share the information securely to the intended recipient using the XML encryption and XML signature technologies
ISBN:1424410851
9781424410859
ISSN:2153-1633
DOI:10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361625