Rfid - Security Issues

ADVANCED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

* Research Article Review

Authors: Qinghan Xiao, Cam Boulet and Thomas Gibbons

Title of the Paper: RFID Security Issues in Military Supply Chains

Journal Name: IEEE Computer Society

Issue: IEEE International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

Year of Publication: 2007

Web Link: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4159853&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D4159853

Submitted to:

Prof. Dr. Arcot Purna Prasad

Faculty - CUIM

INTRODUCTION & STRUCTURE OF THE PAPER:

The article focuses on the technology advancements especially RFID that is deployed by the military in order to attain in-transit visibility besides improving inventory management. It portrays RFID’s advantages, analysis of vulnerability issues, challenges faced upon installation of such system in military supply chain systems and finally the countermeasures that are being recommended in order stand against the attacks.

The author clarifies the meaning and purpose of RFID technology, reinforcing the fact on how military supply chain differs from a civilian supply chain on a certain number of aspects. The framework of RFID usage in civilian supply chain is inclined towards profit, while in case of military supply chain is troop readiness and safety – by allowing military logisticians to synthesize and generate end-to-end information about assets.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY USED:

This article takes the advantages of RFID-enabled activities across the globe and implements it as a non-contact and non-line-of-sight property. Various attacks and security breaches are identified through exploratory research, rendering RFID a vulnerable one and further the information and defenses against these attacks are provided. The key variables considered are the system components, RFID tag categories, its frequency bands and their standards.

MAJOR FINDINGS / RESULTS:

Analysis reveals that...