Identity management in e-Health: A case study of web of things application using OpenID connect

Abstract

Providing identity management (IdM) in the scene of Web of Things (WoT) is an important requirement to ensure protection of user data made available or consumed by the medical devices in WoT. This work aims to purpose the use of a user-centric IdM system in an ambient assisted living (AAL) environment in the WoT scenario. The IdM system is based on OpenID Connect that attends some of the main security requirements of an AAL environment.