MN502 - Security Challenges and Mitigation in Healthcare Networks

This report provides an overview of security challenges in healthcare networks, focusing on threats like man-in-the-middle attacks, network manipulation, and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. It discusses mitigation techniques, emphasizing the importance of DDoS mitigation strategies, encryption, and proper verification of SSL setups. The report references academic sources to support its analysis of network security issues in healthcare and potential solutions for safeguarding sensitive data exchanged within these networks.

HEALTH CARE NETWORKS
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HEALTH CARE NETWORKS
 These networks provide efficient and
effective solutions like accessing the
electronic medical record or EMR, online
claims submissions, patient
accountings, biomedical information and
many others [5].
 Health care networks exchange data
with data connections.
 These connections are established with
wires, optical cables and wireless
fidelity.

SECURITY ISSUES IN
HEALTH CARE NETWORK
 Man in the Middle Attack: The
attacker secretly alters or relays the
sensitive data between two
authenticated parties.
 Network Manipulation: The attacker
manipulates the network and the
authenticated user does not get the
original message [1].
 Distributed Denial of Service
Attacks: The attacker seeks into the
network resource and makes it
unavailable.

MITIGATION TECHNIQUE
FOR DDOS ATTACKS
 DDoS mitigation technique is the best
technique for resisting and mitigating
the attack.
 The implementation of encryption
technique is another important
technique [1].
 The third technique is the proper
verification of SSL setups to detect the
hacker and remove this attack.

REFERENCES
[1] Perlman, Radia, Charlie Kaufman,
and Mike Speciner. Network security:
private communication in a public world.
Pearson Education India, 2016.
[2] Knapp, Eric D., and Joel Thomas
Langill. Industrial Network Security:
Securing critical infrastructure networks
for smart grid, SCADA, and other
Industrial Control Systems. Syngress,
2014.