Cloud Microservices for Secure Health Data Access
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63282/3050-9246.IJETCSIT-V6I4P104Keywords:
Cloud Microservices, Health Data Security, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Zero-Trust Architecture, HIPAA ComplianceAbstract
Wellness systems are rapidly adopting cloud-native designs to increase the proportion of scalable, standardized, and high-performance applications. This enables them to quickly deploy applications that allow patients and employees to integrate multiple services or data pipes through well-defined functions easily. Computed using the ideas and principles that emerged as a result of the First World War, life-prolonging electronic medical interventions have been on the rise. However, this might also pose a significant danger to the patient’s private data. For that reason, this paper investigates the several patterns and mechanisms that should be installed in microservices to guarantee that the data is safe from outside manipulations. The regulatory requirements (HIPAA), the most appropriate API software used throughout the industry of cloud management systems (HCR), the service level standards (FHIR /SMART), how the services keep their messages secret (service mesh, mutual TLS), and finally, the security practice quality ideas (in transit and at rest encryption, trust certificate placement) have all been reviewed and compiled in this report. A step-by-step procedure to start implementing this method to secure a health-based cloud service has been included, along with the relevant proposed assessment. Furthermore, regarding the practicality of adhering to the prescribed guidelines, it’s essential to consider additional details alongside container management
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