Session
RFID Guardian: A Personal Platform for RFID Privacy Management
Melanie Rieback, RFID Security/Privacy Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Date: Wednesday, March 28
Time: 2:15pm
- 3:00pm
Location: Douglas C
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are remotely powered data carriers that are often touted as "computers of the future," that bring intelligence to our homes and offices, optimize our supply chains, and keep a watchful eye on our pets, livestock, and kids. This talk will present the design and implementation of the RFID Guardian, the first-ever unified platform for RFID security and privacy administration. The RFID Guardian resembles an "RFID firewall," enabling individuals to monitor and control access to their RFID tags by combining a standard-issue RFID reader with unique RFID tag emulation capabilities.
Our system provides a platform for coordinated usage of RFID security mechanisms, offering fine-grained control over RFID-based auditing, key management, access control, and authentication capabilities. We have prototyped the RFID Guardian using off-the-shelf components; compatible with the ISO 15693/14443 (13.56 MHz) RFID standards, it performs RFID tag emulation and selective RFID tag jamming.