“A REVIEW OF SECURITY AND PRIVACY PRESERVATION OF HEALTHCARE DATA USING BIG DATA ANALYTICS TECHNIQUES.”

Abstract

Incredible amounts of data is being generated by various organizations like hospitals, banks, e-commerce, retail and supply chain, etc. by virtue of digital technology. Not only humans but machines also contribute to data in the form of closed-circuit television streaming, web site logs, etc. Tons of data is generated every minute by social media and smart phones. The voluminous data generated from the various sources can be processed and analyzed to support decision making. However, data analytics is prone to privacy violations.  It is in this context that this paper aims to present the state-of-the-art security and privacy issues in big data as applied to healthcare industry and discuss some available data privacy, data security, users’ accessing mechanisms and strategies.