Data Protection Case Study
Quadible strengthened ACTIVAGE by deploying BehavAuth, a frictionless behavioural authentication solution that enhanced security, protected healthcare data, and improved user acceptance in Active & Healthy Ageing services.
About BehavAuth
The majority of Active and Healthy Ageing services build upon username/password based authentication, inheriting their drawbacks, jeopardizing the exposure of health-care data but also reducing the user acceptance of new technologies.
Behavioural patterns constitute a unique characteristic of people in their daily life, which could provide valuable information in the process of verifying and identifying the users in information systems. Having a secure and frictionless authentication mechanism ensures the security and privacy of individuals while provides a user-friendly approach.
In parallel, the costs for potential data breaches are reduced as only the appropriate people are able to access their data. BehavAuth provided a secure and frictionless authentication mechanism ensuring the security and privacy of individuals while providing user-friendly approach.
Objectives
The BehavAuth objectives are summarised into:
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Extending the AHA services of the ACTIVAGE project on four DSs, by deploying a more secure and user-friendly authentication mechanism
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Improving the security and the user acceptance of the current vulnerable and non-user-friendly authentication AHA services through a frictionless behavioural authentication mechanism.
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Empowering the global outreach of the ACTIVAGE ecosystem, through continuous dissemination and communication activities combined with a clear sustainability plan that will continue after the end of the project.
Benefits to the Active and Healthy Ageing
BehavAuth facilitates the user acceptance of the ACTIVAGE framework by removing the overcomplicated username/password approach.
BehavAuth will technologically benefit the ACTIVAGE project by:
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empowering security as it combines multiple biometrics and behavioural patterns, eliminating the errors of each individual method,
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easiness-to-use as the system does not require any user input; a factor particularly important for AHA,
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strengthening privacy as the users e.g. elderly people, become sole owners and having full control over their personal data and
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improving the trustworthiness of AHA services through the use of behavioural authentication
Consortium
ACTIVAGE project comprises a large consortium of 49 partners distributed across Europe including SMEs, industrial partners, research entities, public entities, academic institutes and others.
Key partners that Quadible is collaborating with are:
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Medtronic, which is the Project Coordinator and responsible for the management and coordination of the project activities.
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Samsung, handling the integration with the Leeds UK deployment site as well as technical coordination of trials.
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Leeds City Council, supporting the adoption of the ACTIVAGE framework from the end-users including our behavioural authentication.