ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the several kinds of threats against the security and privacy of the users of Cloud aided Body Area Network (BAN). It briefly enlightens the research attempts that tried to thwart these threats and enable this very useful technology for use in a smart society. Network is the wired or wireless interconnection among the computing devices and switching elements that enables communication among the devices. It is also the backbone of today’s revolution in information and communication technology. Different types of sensors used in medical fields can be classified into three categories: physiological sensors, bio-kinetic sensors, and ambient sensors. Although Cloud based BAN is of great help in a medical emergency, the involvement of a third party, i.e., Cloud, can become a security and privacy risk for the users. A bio-sensor node has two parts: physiological signal sensor and the radio platform. Function of body sensor is to read analogue signals corresponding to humans’ physiological activity.
