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Encrypting patients' data across hospital networks | Cossack Labs

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Case FEB - MAY 2019

Encrypting patients' data across hospital networks

Industry

  • Healthcare

  • EHR exchange

Technology stack

  • Google Cloud Platform (KMS, GKE, Redis, VerneMQ)

  • iOS

  • server-side Swift

Regulations

  • GDPR

  • ISO 27001, ISO 27002

  • Dutch Act on the Medical Treatment Agreement (WGBO)

Technology requirements

Compliance to healthcare regulations

End-to-end encryption of medical data

Strong cryptography

Challenges

Extensive technology stack

Legacy hospital networks

Customer's data isolation and insider risks

Solution

Products and services involved

Themis, <span class="font-normal">a cross-platform crypto library</span>

Themis, a cross-platform crypto library

We used cryptographic library Themis as a building block for transport layer encryption on application level, relying on its interoperability among required platforms and OSs.

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Security architecture assessment

Security architecture assessment

We've built risk, threat and trust models, analysed and prioritised attack vectors, assessed the fitness of selected security controls and their correspondence to ISMS.

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Security advisory

Security advisory

We work closely on establishing the ISMS: objectives, processes and procedures related to risk management and internal security standards.

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Cryptographic audit

Cryptographic audit

We've assessed the cryptographic protocol design, reviewed and tested the code implementation, found design caveats and advised on fixing them.

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Results and outcomes

Results and outcomes

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