New Efficient and Secured Authentication Protocol for Remote Healthcare Systems in Cloud-IoT

Recently, Internet of Things and cloud computing are known to be emerged technologies in digital evolution. The first one is a large network used to interconnect embedded devices, while the second one refers to the possibility of offering infrastructure that can be used from anywhere and anytime. Due to their ability to provide remote services, IoT and cloud computing are actually integrated in various areas especially in the healthcare domain. However, the user private data such as health data must be secured by enhancing the authentication methods. Recently, Sharma and Kalra projected an authentication scheme for distant healthcare service-based cloud-IoT. Then, authors demonstrated that the proposed scheme is secure against various attacks. However, we prove in this paper that Sharma and Kalra's protocol is prone to password guessing and smart card stolen attacks. Besides, we show that it has some security issues. For that reason, we propose an efficient and secured authentication scheme for remote healthcare systems in cloud-IoT. Then, we prove informally that our projected authentication scheme is secure against multiple attacks. Furthermore, the experimental tests done using Scyther tool show that our proposed scheme can withstand against known attacks as it ensures security requirements.

Automated summary

Internet of Things and cloud computing are emerging technologies that have been integrated into various fields, especially in healthcare. However, ensuring the security of user data requires enhancing authentication methods to protect against potential attacks.