Multi-Factor Authentication in Telemedicine Systems
Dayana Spagnuelo, Jean Everson Martina, Ricardo Felipe Custódio, Rafael Marinho de Andrade · International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine · 2013
Telemedicine systems require authentication ser- vices that are strong enough to ensure data confidentiality and privacy, and flexible to meet the needs of health professionals and patients. The focus of this work is the authentication process. We propose an authentication service for telemedicine technologies based on web services. This service makes use of scalable authentication methods based on two-factor authenti- cation mechanisms. Its main characteristics are: flexibility of configuration for the authentication mechanisms, as well as the use of a robust system for recording events. In this paper we deal with the engineering requirements of the security system and the details of its implementation. We also discuss the efficacy and ease of use of different authentication methods.