- Title
- A privacy and security threat assessment framework for consumer health wearables
- Creator
- Mnjama, Javan
- Creator
- Foster, Gregory G
- Creator
- Irwin, Barry V W
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/429217
- Identifier
- vital:72568
- Identifier
- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8251776
- Description
- Health data is important as it provides an individual with knowledge of the factors needed to be improved for oneself. The development of fitness trackers and their associated software aid consumers to understand the manner in which they may improve their physical wellness. These devices are capable of collecting health data for a consumer such sleeping patterns, heart rate readings or the number of steps taken by an individual. Although, this information is very beneficial to guide a consumer to a better healthier state, it has been identified that they have privacy and security concerns. Privacy and Security are of great concern for fitness trackers and their associated applications as protecting health data is of critical importance. This is so, as health data is one of the highly sort after information by cyber criminals. Fitness trackers and their associated applications have been identified to contain privacy and security concerns that places the health data of consumers at risk to intruders. As the study of Consumer Health continues to grow it is vital to understand the elements that are needed to better protect the health information of a consumer. This research paper therefore provides a conceptual threat assessment framework that can be used to identify the elements needed to better secure Consumer Health Wearables. These elements consist of six core elements from the CIA triad and Microsoft STRIDE framework. Fourteen vulnerabilities were further discovered that were classified within these six core elements. Through this, better guidance can be achieved to improve the privacy and security of Consumer Health Wearables.
- Format
- 7 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Information Security for South Africa (ISSA)
- Relation
- Mnjama, J., Foster, G. and Irwin, B., 2017, August. A privacy and security threat assessment framework for consumer health wearables. In 2017 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA) (pp. 66-73). IEEE
- Relation
- Information Security for South Africa (ISSA) volume 2017 number 1 66 73 2017 Conference
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Foster, Gregory George (Prof)
RU Department of Information Systems
Irwin, Barry V W (Prof)
RU Department of Computer Science
SDG 09. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
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