Enhancing heart-beat-based security for mhealth applications

RM Seepers, C Strydis, I Sourdis… - IEEE journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In heart-beat-based security, a security key is derived from the time difference between
consecutive heart beats (the inter-pulse interval, IPI), which may, subsequently, be used to …

Heartbeats do not make good pseudo-random number generators: An analysis of the randomness of inter-pulse intervals

L Ortiz-Martin, P Picazo-Sanchez, P Peris-Lopez… - Entropy, 2018 - mdpi.com
The proliferation of wearable and implantable medical devices has given rise to an interest
in developing security schemes suitable for these systems and the environment in which …

Attacks on heartbeat-based security using remote photoplethysmography

RM Seepers, W Wang, G De Haan… - IEEE journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The time interval between consecutive heartbeats (interpulse interval, IPI) has previously
been suggested for securing mobile-health solutions. This time interval is known to contain a …

Secure key-exchange protocol for implants using heartbeats

RM Seepers, JH Weber, Z Erkin, I Sourdis… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
The cardiac interpulse interval (IPI) has recently been proposed to facilitate key exchange
for implantable medical devices (IMDs) using a patient's own heartbeats as a source of trust …

On using a von neumann extractor in heart-beat-based security

RM Seepers, C Strydis, I Sourdis… - 2015 IEEE Trustcom …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Inter-Pulse-Interval (IPI) of heart beats has previously been suggested for facilitating
security in mobile health (mHealth) applications. In heart-beat-based security, a security key …

Feasibility analysis of inter-pulse intervals based solutions for cryptographic token generation by two electrocardiogram sensors

L Ortiz-Martin, P Picazo-Sanchez, P Peris-Lopez… - Future Generation …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper we address the problem of how two devices that are sensing the same heart
signal can generate the same cryptographic token by extracting them from the Inter-Pulse …

Entropy extraction from bio-signals in healthcare IoT

I Vasyltsov, S Lee - Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on IoT Privacy …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, the theoretical approach to estimate the amount of entropy which can be
extracted from heart-rate based biomedical signals has been considered. Mathematical …

Are the interpulse intervals of an ECG signal a good source of entropy? An in-depth entropy analysis based on NIST 800-90B recommendation

L Ortiz-Martin, P Picazo-Sanchez… - Future Generation …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years many authors have explored the use of biological signals for security issues.
In the context of cardiac signals, the use of Inter-Pulse Interval (IPI) values as a source of …

On the difficulty of using patient's physiological signals in cryptographic protocols

E Marin, E Argones Rúa, D Singelée… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
With the increasing capabilities of wearable sensors and implantable medical devices, new
opportunities arise to diagnose, control and treat several chronic conditions. Unfortunately …

Energy‐Aware Key Exchange for Securing Implantable Medical Devices

W Choi, Y Lee, D Lee, H Kim, JH Park… - Security and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Implantable medical devices (IMDs) continuously monitor the condition of a patient and
directly apply treatments if considered necessary. Because IMDs are highly effective for …