Poster: Near field communication based access control for wireless medical devices

Xiali Hei, Xiaojiang Du, Shan Lin

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Abstract

Security of wireless medical devices is critical for patient safety because security attacks may directly hurt patients' health. In this paper, we design a novel access control scheme based on bi-channel and multi-factor authentication for wireless medical devices. Our scheme utilizes near field communication (NFC) to perform device pairing, which supports key exchange between a device and a reader in short communication range (<=6cm) with bounded response time. To further defend against attacks when a malicious reader is placed within the device's communication range in crowded situations, we design a crowd detection algorithm using WiFi and user's smart phone to assist the key exchange. Our analyses and experiments show that our security schemes are effective and efficient.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobiHoc 2014 - Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
Pages423-424
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450326209
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Aug 2014
Event15th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, MobiHoc 2014 - Philadelphia, United States
Duration: 11 Aug 201414 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc)
Volume11-14-August-2014

Conference

Conference15th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, MobiHoc 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia
Period11/08/1414/08/14

Keywords

  • Access Control
  • Medical Devices
  • Near Field Communication
  • Response Time
  • Secure Pairing

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