Security challenges in wireless body area networks for smart healthcare.

Hajar, Muhammad Shadi; Kalutarage, Harsha Kumara; Al-Kadri, M. Omar

Abstract

In the era of communication technologies, wireless healthcare networks enable innovative applications to enhance the quality of patients' lives, provide useful monitoring tools for caregivers, and allow timely intervention. This chapter investigates the current research on wireless body area network (WBAN) with a particular focus on security. The tremendous development in the field of artificial intelligence opens the door to think about adopting this revolutionized technology for healthcare applications. The chapter presents a brief introduction about WBAN and its architecture and topology, and discusses attacks on WBAN and security requirements. It also investigates security countermeasures at different levels, including secure communication, intrusion detection, and trust management. Secure communication is regarded as the cornerstone to guarantee the confidentiality, privacy, and integrity of the WBAN. The most common attacks that impact service availability are denial of service attacks, in which the adversary disrupts the network's operation and deprives other entities from accessing the required resources.

Citation

HAJAR, M.S., KALUTARAGE, H.K. and AL-KADRI, M.O. 2023. Security challenges in wireless body area networks for smart healthcare. In Mostefaoui, G.K., Islam, S.M.R. and Tariq, F. (eds.) Artificial intelligence for disease diagnosis and prognosis in smart healthcare. Boca Raton: CRC Press [online], chapter 15, pages 255-286. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003251903-15

• Online Publication Date: Mar 30, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Nov 15, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2024
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 255-286
• Book Title: Artificial intelligence for disease diagnosis and prognosis in smart healthcare
• Chapter Number: 15
• ISBN: 9781032168302; 9781032171265
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003251903-15
• Keywords: Biotechnology; Wireless networks; Health informatics; Systems security; Communications security; Denial of service attacks (DoS)
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1898727