Secure Mobile Data Collection Systems
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This research is a collaborative project听at the University of Bergen between听Department of Informatics,听Centre for International Health听and the听听community.
The research project focuses on security aspects of Mobile Data Collection 听Systems (MDCS), which are specialized mHealth systems that use mobile devices to collect data relating to health issues, generally by filling out forms on a mobile device.
The usage of handheld devices in the context of health is an emerging part of eHealth. In 2010 the American National Institutes of Health defined mHealth as "The delivery of healthcare services via mobile communication devices". While the idea of using mobile devices as part of healthcare is not new, a recent increase in the mobile phone penetration rate in low-income countries makes mHealth a cost-effective way of providing better healthcare in areas of the world where health services are lacking.
Even though there are a number of MDCS in use today, most of them fail to systematically address the security and privacy concerns while handling private or personal information such as medical records. As sensitive information is stored, exchanged and processed in these systems, issues like privacy, confidentiality, integrity, availability and authentication must be given high priority. In this research, we analyze the challenges in securing Mobile Data Collection Systems deployed in remote areas and in low-budget settings, and develop a secure solution which is compliant with regulatory security and privacy requirements. We use openXdata as our canonical reference for a Mobile Data Collection System.
OpenXdata is open source mobile data collection system which has been primarily used in health related projects in low-and-middle income countries.
Researchers
Associate Prof. Khalid A. Mughal
Samson Gejibo (PhD Candidate)
J酶rn Klungs酶yr (PhD Candidate)
Remi Andr茅 B. Valvik (Master Student)
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Publications
1. S. H. Gejibo, F. Mancini, K. A. Mughal, R. A. B. Valvik,听J. I. Klungsyr,听Secure Data Storage for Mobile Data Collection Systems, Proceedings of International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES), October, 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Published by ACM and indexed by ACM Digital Library and DBLP. Download
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2. S. H. Gejibo, F. Mancini, K. A. Mughal, R. A. B. Valvik,听J. I. Klungsyr,听Secure Data Storage for Java ME-Based Mobile Data Collection Systems,听Proceedings of 14th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking Applications and Services, Healthcom2012, October 2012 , Beijing, China. Download
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3. S. H. Gejibo, F. Mancini, K. A. Mughal, J. I. Klungsyr, R. A. B. Valvik, Challenges in Implementing End-to-End Secure Protocol for Java ME-Based Mobile Data Collection in Low-Budget Settings, Proceedings of International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems, February, 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-28165-5, p. 38-45. Download
4. F. Mancini, S. H. Gejibo, K. A. Mughal, J. I. Klungsyr, Adding Security to Mobile Data Collection, Proceedings of 13th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking Applications and Services, Healthcom2011, June 2011 , Columbia, MO, USA, E-ISBN: 978-1-61284-696-5, p. 86-89 听Download
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5. F. Mancini, S. H. Gejibo, K. A. Mughal, R. A. B. Valvik, and J. I. Klungsyr, Secure Mobile Data Collection Systems for Low-Budget Settings, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2012), August 2012 , Prague, Czech Republic, ISBN:听978-0-7695-4775-6, p. 196-205 Download
6. Remi Andr茅 B. Valvik, Security API for Java ME: secureXdata, Master Thesis, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway. Download
7.听Daniele Grasso, Authentication and secure data storage in cloud based mobile data collection, Master Thesis, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway. Download
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Downlaods
Events
Attended Events
1. ESSOS2012 - International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems (ESSoS)
听 听 Organizers: University of Bergen and Bergen University College
听听听 March 14th - 15th, 2012
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2. 7th annual "Student Conference" for our master and PhD students
听 听听 February 16th - 17th 2012
听 听 Eindohoven, The Netherlands
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3. 听幸运飞艇计划 IT-Forum 2012
听 听 听April 25th - 26th 2012
听 听 Vosss, Norway
4. 幸运飞艇计划 ICT Research School Seminar, 2012
听 听 Scandic Hotel, Bergen, Norway
听听 听 Organizer: University of Bergen, Department of Informatics
听听 听 May 3rd 2012
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5. ARES -听7th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security听
听听听 Submission Deadline: March 30th, 2012
听听听 Author Notification: May 7th, 2012
听听听 August 20th - 24th 2012
听听听 Prague, Czech Republic
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Upcoming Events
1. ACM MEDES 2012,听The International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent 听
听 听 Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) [Paper Accepted]
听 听 October 28 - 31 听2012
听 听 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2. Healthcom2012, 14th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, 听 听 听 听
听 听Applications and Services [Paper Accepted]
听 听听Submission Deadline: May 14th, 2012
听听听 Author Notification: June 30th, 2012
听 听 October 10th - 13th 听2012
听 听听Beijing, China
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