RFID Security

Contributed by Louis Parks There has been a lot of debate, even with the RFID industry, as to whether we really need a security solution for RFID tags so it was very heartening to see Texas Instruments acknowledge the need with their recent security solution for HF RFID tags. The solution itself does not actually [...]

Contributed by Louis Parks: I just attended the three-day RFID Health Care Industry Adoption Summit sponsored by the National Associations of Chain Drug Stores and the Healthcare Distribution Management Association. This was billed as the single largest pharmaceutical meeting (to date) to discuss and review progress in adopting RFID.  http://meetings.nacds.org/RFID/2006/index.cfm It was very impressive to [...]

Contributed by Louis Parks: IBM announced a new method they have patented called Clipped Tag Technology. It is as easy to explain as it is to use. A consumer simply pulls off the RFID antennae from a RFID-enabled tag hung on the outside of an item to shorten the read range. Not clear enough – [...]

Contributed by Louis Parks: Shannon Kellogg of RSA recently posted a blog http://www.rsasecurity.com/blog/entry.asp?id=1141 where he felt people in Europe and the United States are getting too worked up over the security and privacy issues around RFID. He feels it is too soon to pressure the industry to require safeguards and it is better to let [...]

Contributed by Louis Parks The Smart Card Alliance issued a press release this week – http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=174725 - in attempt to clarify the pitfalls of relying on RFID technology to secure our borders. Unfortunately, its partial views, questionable reference to unrelated events, and failing to address the actual performance needs of the Passport card weaken their argument. [...]