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| Instructor Contact Info Tel:412-624-9982 | INFCI2955: Special Topics on: Security Assured Health Informatics This Course can be used for SAIS Track Elective OR Capstone Requirement Systems and Technology
Wednesdays; 6:00 - 8:55PM Room: IS 411 |
| Announcements Tentative Schedule Assignments (Due in 2 Weeks) | Course Description Emerging technologies provide us with significant opportunities to realize the vision of anytime, anywhere personalized health and medicine. Mobile technologies, Medical IoT, Social networks, Cloud computing, etc., are some of those enabling technologies. However, the hyper-connectivity that is emerging within the complex healthcare ecosystem – a system of systems - introduces significant cybersecurity challenges. The Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Taskforce report in June 2017 has indicated that Healthcare cybersecurity is in a “Critical Condition.” Data breaches in healthcare sector in 2015 affected over 110M users! It continues to be an industry with a very high rate of cybersecurity incidents. This course aims to explore security and privacy challenges in healthcare IT and foster secure-by-design approach to building next generation healthcare applications. The course will specially focus on adoption of mobile technologies, social networks, and cloud computing in healthcare and the cybersecurity challenges thereof. Prerequisite: · IS 2150/TEL 2810 Information Security & Privacy (preferred) OR Equivalent, OR · IS 2170/TEL 2820 Cryptography; TEL 2821 Network Security OR Equivalent, OR · Permission of the instructor Course Material will include · Research papers and articles (to be added by soon) · Web resources (NIST, CERT, etc.) · Other to be added Grading (Tentative – the distribution may be changed based on class interest) Assignments, presentation, exams/quizzes: 60-70% · Read/Review and/or present research papers or articles · Assignments (HWs and Labs) · Participation in the class discussion · Etc. Project: 40-30% · Development-oriented project, for instance: · Secure Mobile Apps for Health, · Securing mobile health cloud, · Creating Secure Health Social Network; · Etc. · Research/Term paper for conference · Team oriented and in some cases in collaboration with PhD students If you are having a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Office of Disability Resources and Services (DRS), 216 William Pitt Union (412-648-7890/412-383-7355) as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course. |
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