A Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process for Security Risk Assessment of Web based Hospital Management System

Abstract

Security has become an important issue while developing a web application. This is the reason; it is getting great attention from academia as well as industry. Moreover, due to the huge cost invested in and privacy sensitivity of a healthcare web application, its usability and security are highly required. However, identification and selection of the appropriate model for enhancing security risk of web based healthcare management system has become very difficult for software industry. Factors of security risk play an important role when it comes to integrate security and usability during software development. The factors have their own significance while integrating usable-security. This is generated through seriousness of patient data. Hence, practitioners need to recognize the signification of factors while development of a healthcare web application to cater the end user’s requirement. Hence, the author has assessed security risk of a healthcare web application. For the same Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process has been used. In addition, the author has also given the impact of each and every factor of usable-security. This will provide an aid to practitioners for enhancing usability as well as security of a healthcare web application during its design itself.