Evaluating challenge-based trust mechanism in medical smartphone networks: An empirical study

Weizhi Meng, Fei Fei, Wenjuan Li, Man Ho Au

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Abstract

Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are one of the widely adopted security tools in protecting computer networks, whereas it is still a big challenge for a single IDS to identify various threats in practice. Collaborative intrusion detection networks (CIDNs) are then developed in order to enhance the detection capability of a single IDS. However, CIDNs are known to suffer from insider attacks, in which malicious nodes can perform adversary actions. To mitigate this issue, challenge-based trust mechanisms are one of the promising solutions in literature, which are robust against various common insider threats. With the popularity of mobile devices, medical smartphone networks (MSNs) have become an emerging network architecture for healthcare organizations to improve the quality of medical services. Due to the sensitivity, there is a great need to defend MSNs against insider attacks. In this work, we conduct an empirical study to investigate and evaluate the implementation of challenge-based mechanism in MSNs. Our work aims to complement current literature, through providing insights and learned lessens (i.e., whether it is suitable to deploy such a mechanism in MSNs).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509050192
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2017
Event2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 4 Dec 20178 Dec 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 - Proceedings
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period4/12/178/12/17

Keywords

  • Challenge-based Mechanism
  • Collaborative Network
  • Insider Attack
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Trust Computation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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