Simulation environment for testing security and privacy of mobile health apps

The number of mobile applications (apps) is tremendously growing and accordingly also the number of apps in the health domain (mobile Health or mHealth) is multiplying. As these mHealth apps process personal and sensitive data the analysis of handling security and privacy is a vital requirement - even more when the mobile application are to be used in a professional medical environment, such as a telemonitoring setup. Therefore a framework for testing security and privacy of mHealth apps is an important step towards better quality of apps. The paper describes the main challenges, the simulation architecture and the involved tools used for testing mHealth applications, focusing on secure network connectivity and data transfer.