Virtual SmartCards-based Authentication in Healthcare Systems and Applications

Abstract

Secure and dependable sensing is a critical point for access control, which includes user authentication by using biometric recognition of each patient in a healthcare system. In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in biometric authentication from both the academic and business sectors. Traditional security and privacy approaches in this sector are not viable alternatives for providing both security and performance efficiency. Because of this, some cutting-edge authentication systems are open to attacks from intruders and do not work well in terms of communication and computation costs. This paper presented a unique, lightweight, multi-factor user authentication method that gets around these problems and checks its security with Scyther, a formal verification tool. Our research focuses on using an asymmetric encryption function with a biometric factor, a passwordless feature, and a QR code to make a secure virtual smart card that can be used to grant the users safe access to the healthcare system. Furthermore, our suggested approach surpasses existing proposed symmetric encryption or biometric authentication techniques. Additionally, our work supports many fields, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare, E-banking healthcare transactions, and others.