Analysis of Threats to the Security of EPC Networks

Author

Garcia-Alfaro, Joaquin ; Barbeau, Michel ; Kranakis, Evangelos

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON

fYear

2008

fDate

5-8 May 2008

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

74

Abstract

Detecting and responding to security and privacy threats to Electronic Product Code (EPC) and Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technologies are becoming major concerns of information security researchers. However, and before going further in these activities, an evaluation of the threats in terms of importance must be done. We present such an evaluation. Our analysis of the threats is based on a methodology proposed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). According to this methodology, we rank the threats to EPC networks in order of relevance. This assessment is intended to prioritize threats for future research on appropriate countermeasure mechanisms.

Keywords

data privacy; radiofrequency identification; security of data; telecommunication security; telecommunication standards; European Telecommunications Standards Institute; electronic product code network security; information security researcher; privacy threat analysis; radio frequency identification technology; Computer science; Computer security; Information analysis; Information security; Privacy; Product codes; Radiofrequency identification; Supply chains; Telecommunication standards; Wireless networks; Electronic Product Code (EPC); Network Security; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Threats analysis; Wireless Security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Networks and Services Research Conference, 2008. CNSR 2008. 6th Annual

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3135-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNSR.2008.69

Filename

4519841