Encryption Schemes for Securing Cloud-based PHR Systems

Authors

  • Suresh S Dept. of CSE, Royal College of Engineering and Technology, Akkikavu, Kerala, India

Keywords:

Personal Health Record (PHR), Cloud Computing ; Attribute Based Encryption (ABE), MA-ABE, Proactive MA-ABE, CA, Data Privacy, Fine-grained access control

Abstract

Presently, Personal Health Records are widely used by people not only to store their health details, but also to share their health information among doctors, friends, relatives, medical organizations etc. Health records are now stored and shared with the help of cloud services. The sensitive nature of these health records makes it vulnerable to attacks. To ensure privacy of health information, the best method is to encrypt it. In this paper, Attribute Based Encryption and its variants are studied so that they can be used for developing an efficient health record sharing scheme which is more flexible and scalable.

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Published

2014-12-31

How to Cite

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S. Suresh, “Encryption Schemes for Securing Cloud-based PHR Systems”, Int. J. Comp. Sci. Eng., vol. 2, no. 12, pp. 6–10, Dec. 2014.

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Vol. 2 No. 12 (2014): IJCSE December Edition

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