Security Challenges in Emerging Networks

Running head: SECURITY CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE NETWORKS
Security Challenges in Emerging Networks
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SECURITY CHALLENGES IN EMERGING NETWORKS
Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Literature Review..................................................................................................................................2
1. Architecture of Health Care Networks...........................................................................................2
2. Recent Developments in the Health Care Networks......................................................................3
3. Importance of Security in Health Care Network............................................................................3
Three Potential Security Issues in Health Care Networks..................................................................4
Relevant Mitigation Techniques for Distributed Denial of Service Attacks............................................5
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................7

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SECURITY CHALLENGES IN EMERGING NETWORKS
Introduction
The specific data network or the computerized network can be defined as the digital
telecommunications network, which enables various nodes to share several resources [3]. These
computer devices are responsible for exchanging the sensitive information or data with each other
by taking the major help of few data connections in the nodes. These data connections can be easily
established with the cable media such as wires, optical cables and also the wireless media such as
wireless fidelity or Wi-Fi. The basic use of the network technologies are growing rapidly in the sector
of health care [8]. The health care could be eventually considered as one of the major applications
for the various applications on the basis of networks. The several networks can easily give the
effective as well as efficient solutions for the few factors such as accessing the electronic medical
record or EMR, online claims submissions, patient accountings, biomedical information, admission
information and many more. The several networks of health care are highly vital and important for
the health care sector [14]. The following report will be outlining a detailed description about the
various security based challenges or issues within the emerging networks in the sector of health
care. The report also provides the network architecture, recent development as well as the
importance of privacy and security.
Literature Review
1. Architecture of Health Care Networks
The sector of health care majorly consists of those typical organizations that are responsible
for providing the various medical services as well as medical insurances, that also manufacture the
medical equipment or drugs and finally facilitate the provision of this health care for the patients [1].
The sector of health care consists of the diversified array of various industries and even with kinds of
activities, which are ranging either from the researches to the manufactures or to facilities
management. These makers of the medical equipment substantially range from those firms that
manufacture the standardized and familiar products such as bandages, gloves, scalpels and forceps.
The various experts of health care and the patients get advantages from the sector of health care.
The respective networks of the health care sector easily and promptly provide various advantages to
the doctors, nurses and patients [11]. The routers, servers, firewalls, gateways, switches and clients
are clearly depicted in the provided architecture of a health care network.