Medical Security

Not only telemedicine, but the health industry deals with confidential information of the patients. The hospital, and the doctor are responsible for keeping these information safe. Risks arise especially when telemedicine is executed because information is transferred over the Internet. Hacking, and computer virus can cause both information loss, and theft. Therefore hospitals will need to install a method to ensure the information's safety. There are different procedures the hospital can take.



Authentication:

Authentication is a method involving data such as user ID, and user Passwords. By creating a personal account, the hospital can allow only the intended users to view certain data. However, simple passwords and IDs can be easily cracked, and therefore sophisticated passwords, or other material such as ID cards, finger prints should be used to ensure the security.



Authorization:

Authorization is basically deciding whether to allow some people to be able to view the data. I am a senior in St. Maur International school. I am authorized to view some of the material put on to the senior folder, but i have no access to the junior's folder. The same goes for the juniors. The juniors can view their own folder, but cannot view the senior's folder. Teachers have more accessibility than students.



Firewall:

Firewalls are the security solution for many industries, but should not be relied for complete security. Firewalls can block unauthorized external transmissions, but cannot manage the internal network. This is where network control should be installed to manage the internal network. (Switches, hubs, etc.) The major type of firewalls used is the filter-based firewall. Basically filter-based firewalls can filter external access. They can allow certain addresses to pass, or non of them to pass.





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