RFID Security

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher A new paper from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley says that consumers have misunderstandings about how RFID works and the security issues related to the technology. The report, Where’s The Beep?: Security, Privacy, and User Misunderstandings of RFID, issued by researchers Jennifer King and Andrew McDiarmid, focused on [...]

Contributed by Joanne Kelleher  Because our firm focuses on cryptographic security for RFID tags (i.e. encryption, anti-counterfeiting and other protection of the data on the tag, authentication between the reader and the tag, etc.), I don’t usually consider security for the rest of the system. But when you think about setting up readers in retail, libraries or other [...]

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher Over one billion of MiFare Classic chips are used worldwide, including in many access control keys, governmental security systems and transportation or subway passes cards such as London’s Oyster card, Boston’s CharlieCard, and the planned OV-Chipkaart in Netherlands. Last month I covered the story of how the MiFare security had been [...]

Contributed by Joanne Kelleher We received a request to share the presentation that Louis Parks gave at INTERPHEX 2008 and was written about in Advance for Health Information Executives.  INTERPHEX is a life sciences event for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries.  See http://www.securerf.com/RFID-Security-blog/?p=51. You can view a copy of the “What Do We Really Mean By Security [...]

Contributed by Joanne Kelleher Louis Parks, CEO of SecureRF Corporation, gave a presentation last week at INTERPHEX2008 titled “What Do We Really Mean By Security for RFID — And How Much Is Enough.” INTERPHEX is a life sciences event that represents a cross-section of the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Advance for Health Information Executives wrote [...]