Secure and lightweight remote patient authentication scheme with biometric inputs for mobile healthcare environments

Biometrics is an emerging technology for patient authentication due to its advantages over the other methods, as passwords and smart cards. However, in mobile environments, it introduces hard constraints on computation, storage and communication, respectively, when analyzing, saving and transmitting...

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Published in:Journal of ambient intelligence and humanized computing 2018-10, Vol.9 (5), p.1527-1539
Main Authors: Mohammedi, Mohamed, Omar, Mawloud, Bouabdallah, Abdelmadjid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence
Authentication
Biometrics
Communication
Computational Intelligence
Computer Science
Cryptography and Security
Denial of service attacks
Engineering
Health care
Lightweight
New technology
Original Research
Passwords
Robotics and Automation
Smart cards
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
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Summary:Biometrics is an emerging technology for patient authentication due to its advantages over the other methods, as passwords and smart cards. However, in mobile environments, it introduces hard constraints on computation, storage and communication, respectively, when analyzing, saving and transmitting the patient biometric data. In this paper, we address these challenges and we propose a secure and lightweight remote patient authentication scheme for mobile healthcare environments. The proposed scheme translates the patient biometric data to ECC-based keys. When a remote diagnostic is required or an unexpected incident underwent on the health of a patient, the latter can be securely and cost-effectively authenticated without needing to save or communicate its biometric template. Through simulations, we conduct an overall evaluation of the proposed scheme compared to concurrent solutions. The results indicate out performance of the proposed scheme while providing effective security.
ISSN:1868-5137
1868-5145
DOI:10.1007/s12652-017-0574-5