The interconnectivity of digital devices has made tremendous impact in the lives of individuals, corporate organizations and institutions alike in recent times. The impact experienced by this great technology has attracted the attention of hoodlums posing as hackers obstructing the activities of the Internet. The health sector which parades vital data of patient cannot afford to be exposed freely to these unlawful users of the Internet. Patients’ health records should be protected hence this paper has proposed a secured medical system to take care of patient’s data which have gained entrance into cloud computing and are stored on the cloud alongside the ones in transit. The paper looked at the taxonomy of the Internet of Things layer-wise and the taxonomy of security protocols used by the layers respectively. Finally, a blockchain methodology using Ethereum technology was proposed.
Author(s): Okeh O. D.1 & Emuobonuvie, E. A. 2 Anazia E.K3 & Agbaje, M. O. 4
