Do no harm: The use of RFID tags in a medical environment

Authors

Christopher Bolan, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

CSREA Press

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Computer and Information Science / Centre for Security Research

RAS ID

4356

Comments

Bolan, C. (2006). Do No Harm: The Use of RFID Tags in a Medical Environment. In Security and Management (pp. 399-403). Available here

Abstract

With the increasing usage of RFID systems and their potential in a range of common applications especially medical related fields, it is important to investigate the weaknesses of the technology and the potential risks that accompany them. The discussion outlines possible attacks against confidentiality, integrity and availability and speculates how such attacks would effect medical installations.

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