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The Sophisticated Technology of a Secured RFID Tag Offers the Highest Security and Protection Available

As the potential use of radio frequency identification (RFID) has grown from tagging simple objects to more sophisticated uses, the need for security has emerged as a key issue.  Unfortunately, the very small computing platform found on a passive RFID tag precludes any of today’s well-known security solutions from providing the protection and privacy now required.

Unsecured RFID tags permit unauthorized access to resources and data via a wide range of security threats.  In most cases, this lack of strong security will allow anyone, with moderate technical expertise, to track the tag (and connected asset) and capture the data on the tag.  Most RFID tags emit a unique identifier and, even if the data is encrypted, a rogue reader can use the meta data to physically track an item or person carrying that tag.  The use of RFID tags has raised privacy concerns especially around their usage in identification.

SecureRF Corporation has introduced the world’s first security solution which works within the space and time constraints of a low resource computing environment, such as an RFID tag.  The Algebraic Eraser’s™ patent-pending security protocols prevent:

• Skimming, or interrogation of the tag by a rogue reader, which can be used to identify high value items for divergence or attack. 
• Eavesdropping, the interception of legitimate communication between a reader and tag.
• Identity tracking, the process of skimming a tag, associating the tag with an individual; and visually collecting identifying information about the individual—a concern with the new passports.
• Cloning of the tag and copying of the data, thus increasing potential counterfeiting.
• Data tampering, the changing of data on a tag to match an altered label or shipping documentation; erasing data or the insertion of malicious data/code (virus, cookies, etc.).
• Denial of service attacks that interfere with the transmission of data; thus crippling the supply chain controls or rendering the tag useless.
• Profiling, the reconstruction of a person’s movements or transactions over a specific period, usually to ascertain more details about the individual’s habits or tastes.
• Location tracking, the real or near real time surveillance of an individual’s movements—an important consideration for Department Of Defense assets in a war zone.