Wednesday, 25 January 2012

A Reality Check On The Cloning Of Proximity Cards

[Editor's note: At the RSA Conference in San Francisco earlier this month, InfoWorld magazine released a video from tech firm IOActive, where the companies tech staff claimed to have been able to build a prox card cloning device. The video of that claim from the conference is available at this link. What's more, the threat of cloning proximity cards (not smart cards) is something that's been picked up by the consumer broadcast media, including KOMO-TV in Seattle. SecurityInfoWatch.com responded by asking leading card supplier HID Global to respond to the allegations that RFID-based proximity cards could be easily cloned and to discuss the related security measures that should be involved in any electronic access control system. Their op-ed response appears below.] Click on the link below to continue reading...
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/10558103/a-reality-check-on-the-cloning-of-proximity-cards

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