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Real-World Solutions for RFID Security and Privacy
RFID systems and applications consistently gain in maturity, become increasingly automated and continually enable new heights of process sophistication. The consequence is an improved and more convenient world in which logistical streams of goods become transparent, individuals and objects can be uniquely identified and transactions take place at high speeds.
With these new and innovative capabilities, however, come threats to privacy, denial-of-service and replay attacks specifically designed for RFID, and other dangers. Imagine attackers cloning your tags to pose as you when entering your office, or possibly even your home. Likewise, there would be consequences of someone reprogramming your 96-bit EPC Gen 2 tags so that each unique serial number was erased or changed. Even in a regular distribution warehouse, the consequences could be devastating.
This webinar will discuss this new environment and its ever-changing landscape of vulnerabilities, in the light of specific applications to identify a number of real-world solutions currently available on the market.
We will begin with an executive view provided by Dr. Whitfield Diffie, the inventor of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), who has spent the last five years of his career thinking about how traditional cryptography can be applied to very small microchips, such as passive RFID tags. Andrew Nathanson, Venture Development Corp.'s VP of auto-ID, will then provide invaluable insights into current trends and developments in RFID security. Next, we will hear about specific system vulnerabilities, available solutions and case studies from Chris Hanebeck, Revere Security's VP of product management. Finally, Dr. Daniel Engels, a former research director at the MIT Auto-ID Center and Revere Security's current CTO, will discuss the underlying technology, protocols and recent developments within the standards community.
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