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However, since the healthcare sensor must be interconnected with other systems at different network tiers, distant enemies have additional options to attack. Data and resources integrated into the AAT are vulnerable to security risks that might compromise privacy, integrity, and availability. The gadgets and network sensor devices are layered with clinical data since they save personal information such as patients\u2019 names, addresses, and medical histories. Considering the volume of data, it is difficult to ensure its confidentiality and security. As sensing devices are deployed over a wider region, protecting the privacy of the collected data becomes more difficult. The current study proposes a lightweight security mechanism to ensure the data\u2019s confidentiality and integrity of the data in ambient-assisted technology. In the current study, the data are encrypted by the master node with adequate residual energy, and the master node is responsible for encrypting the data using the data aggregation model using a node\u2019s key generated using an exclusive basis system and a Chinese remainder theorem. The integrity of the data is evaluated using the hash function at each intermediate node. The current study defines the design model\u2019s layered architecture and layer-wise services. The model is further analyzed using various evaluation metrics, such as energy consumption, network delay, network overhead, time in generating hash, tradeoff between encryption and decryption, and entropy metrics. 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