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An Effective Hash-Based Assessment and Recovery Algorithm for Healthcare Systems
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • Ramzi A. Haraty, Lebanese American University
  • Bahia Boukhari, Lebanese American University
  • Sanaa Kaddoura, Zayed University
ORCID Identifiers

0000-0002-6978-3627

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-27-2021
Abstract

The immense improvements in the latest internet inventions encouraged the adaptation of technology within the healthcare sector. The healthcare systems storing highly sensitive information can be targeted by attackers aiming to insert, delete, or modify the data stored. These malicious activities may cause severe damage to the database accessibility and lead to catastrophic long-term harm to the patients’ health. The adaptation of the most advanced security paradigm does not guarantee full protection. It is possible that the attack is not directly detected. This highlights the need to assess the widespread damage scale before starting the repair of the inconsistent medical database. Within the scope of the damage assessment and recovery, several matrices-based, cluster-based, and graph-based models were introduced. The objective of this work is to correctly assess the damage and recover the database within a suitable time frame and efficient utilization of memory. We use a lightweight structure based on hash tables to gauge the incurred damage and recuperate quickly following an attack. The presented approach is contrasted with other existing ones and demonstrated superior performance.

Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Damage assessment,
  • Database recovery,
  • Information warfare,
  • Malicious transactions,
  • Transactions dependency
Scopus ID

85111472808

Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-06009-4
Citation Information
Ramzi A. Haraty, Bahia Boukhari and Sanaa Kaddoura. "An Effective Hash-Based Assessment and Recovery Algorithm for Healthcare Systems" Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2021) ISSN: <p><a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/2193-567X" target="_blank">2193-567X</a></p>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sanaa-kaddoura/9/