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Modelling compliance threats and security analysis of cross border health data exchange

Modelling compliance threats and security analysis of cross border health data exchange
Modelling compliance threats and security analysis of cross border health data exchange
Digital health data is created, stored and processed in healthcare IT infrastructures. These infrastructures are the target of large-scale cyber-attacks and are found to be vulnerable, primarily for two main reasons: the heterogeneity of infrastructure and the numerous stakeholders (medical staff, managers, patients, regulators etc.). Furthermore, the stakeholders have different attitudes, skills, awareness and data handling practices that offer many opportunities for malicious activities. Healthcare in general is characterised by a multitude of regulations and adherence to them is essential to the functioning of the system. Compliance management is usually described in terms of risks and involves activities such as risk identification, assessment and treatment. Our paper conceptualises the notion of a “compliance threat” and discusses the security of cross-border health data ex-change. The paper presents the architecture of the System Security Modeller and illustrates the security risk assessment of the “break glass” scenario which requires health data communication in an emergency situation.
health data, compliance, GDPR, security, modelling
180-189
Springer
Surridge, Michael
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Meacham, Kenneth
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Papay, Juri
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Phillips, Stephen
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Wilkinson, Simon
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Attiogbe, C.
Ferrarotti, F.
Maabout, S.
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Surridge, Michael, Meacham, Kenneth, Papay, Juri, Phillips, Stephen, Pickering, Brian, Shafiee, Ardavan and Wilkinson, Simon (2019) Modelling compliance threats and security analysis of cross border health data exchange. Attiogbe, C., Ferrarotti, F. and Maabout, S. (eds.) In New Trends in Model and Data Engineering. MEDI 2019. vol. 1085, Springer. pp. 180-189 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32213-7_14).

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Abstract

Digital health data is created, stored and processed in healthcare IT infrastructures. These infrastructures are the target of large-scale cyber-attacks and are found to be vulnerable, primarily for two main reasons: the heterogeneity of infrastructure and the numerous stakeholders (medical staff, managers, patients, regulators etc.). Furthermore, the stakeholders have different attitudes, skills, awareness and data handling practices that offer many opportunities for malicious activities. Healthcare in general is characterised by a multitude of regulations and adherence to them is essential to the functioning of the system. Compliance management is usually described in terms of risks and involves activities such as risk identification, assessment and treatment. Our paper conceptualises the notion of a “compliance threat” and discusses the security of cross-border health data ex-change. The paper presents the architecture of the System Security Modeller and illustrates the security risk assessment of the “break glass” scenario which requires health data communication in an emergency situation.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 16 October 2019
Published date: 2019
Keywords: health data, compliance, GDPR, security, modelling

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/435374
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ORCID for Michael Surridge: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1485-7024
ORCID for Stephen Phillips: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7901-0839
ORCID for Brian Pickering: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6815-2938

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Date deposited: 01 Nov 2019 17:30
Last modified: 26 Aug 2024 01:32

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Author: Michael Surridge ORCID iD
Author: Kenneth Meacham
Author: Juri Papay
Author: Stephen Phillips ORCID iD
Author: Brian Pickering ORCID iD
Author: Ardavan Shafiee
Author: Simon Wilkinson
Editor: C. Attiogbe
Editor: F. Ferrarotti
Editor: S. Maabout

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