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What is Denial of Service (DoS) Attack

Handbook of Research on Information Security in Biomedical Signal Processing
A situation in which service is not available to an authorized user. A typical case of in which a malicious software code makes services inaccessible by overloading computing and network resources.
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Secure Access to Biomedical Images
Tariq Javid (Hamdard University, Pakistan)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5152-2.ch003
Abstract
This chapter introduces a framework for secure access to biomedical images. Biomedical images are acquired using a vast array of imaging techniques depending upon the specific application. A magnetic resonance spatial domain image is acquired by taking inverse weighted Fourier transform of raw frequency domain data generated by the modality. After correction, these images are stored in a standard format. The access to these stored images is typically subjected to authorization. Medical information in biomedical images needs to be protected in both stored form and in transmission. Encryption technologies are used to secure information whereas compression technologies are used to reduce the information without affecting the contents. In this chapter, a cryptocompression system is proposed which integrates both encryption and compression to fulfill the requirements of electronic protected health information records.
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Practical Measures for Securing Government Networks
A DoS attack is a type of computer attack that prevents any part of a system on a network from functioning in accordance with its intended purpose. It is a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic.
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