TY - GEN
T1 - Assessment of Encryption and Decryption Schemes for Secure Data Transmission in Healthcare Systems
AU - Adedeji, Kazeem B.
AU - Nwulu, Nnamdi I.
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Gbadamosi, Saheed L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - In the biomedical research community, transmitting a patient medical record via wireless means to an administrative centre or other medical centres is increasingly common. However, due to the open nature of wireless media, the security of such a system is a major concern, so, it is desirable to have a reliable security scheme. Amidst the numerous methods used to secure medical data, encryption schemes are becoming more popular due to their performance and relative simplicity. In this study, the performance of some data encryption and decryption schemes used to secure medical data is evaluated. These schemes are Blowfish, DES, AES, RC4, RSA, ECC, CBE, MTLM and CEC. The performance of these schemes was assessed through their execution time, throughput, average data rate and information entropy. For this performance assessment, some medical data were used for this task. The results showed that the performance of CBE, MTLM and CEC was better. CBE and MTLM offer a secure way to encrypt data with a significant reduction in the execution time. Moreover, if some of these schemes were combined to form a hybrid system, an enhancement in the security of medical data over wireless communication networks is guaranteed.
AB - In the biomedical research community, transmitting a patient medical record via wireless means to an administrative centre or other medical centres is increasingly common. However, due to the open nature of wireless media, the security of such a system is a major concern, so, it is desirable to have a reliable security scheme. Amidst the numerous methods used to secure medical data, encryption schemes are becoming more popular due to their performance and relative simplicity. In this study, the performance of some data encryption and decryption schemes used to secure medical data is evaluated. These schemes are Blowfish, DES, AES, RC4, RSA, ECC, CBE, MTLM and CEC. The performance of these schemes was assessed through their execution time, throughput, average data rate and information entropy. For this performance assessment, some medical data were used for this task. The results showed that the performance of CBE, MTLM and CEC was better. CBE and MTLM offer a secure way to encrypt data with a significant reduction in the execution time. Moreover, if some of these schemes were combined to form a hybrid system, an enhancement in the security of medical data over wireless communication networks is guaranteed.
KW - Data security
KW - decryption
KW - encryption
KW - healthcare system
KW - medical data
KW - wireless media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088383500&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/AFRICON46755.2019.9133881
DO - 10.1109/AFRICON46755.2019.9133881
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85088383500
T3 - IEEE AFRICON Conference
BT - IEEE AFRICON 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2019
Y2 - 25 September 2019 through 27 September 2019
ER -