Security Threats and Challenges for RFID and WSN Integration

Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) are the combined technologies that will spread in the near future to enter all of our everyday activities. However, the security of these technologies is very much vulnerable. Adding some security measures to small computation powered devices that cannot handle the available security algorithms is considered a challenge. However, even low powered devices must be protected in ways that will present sufficient computational challenges to adversaries. This paper introduces suggested steps to build a secure protocol for the combined RFID and WSN technology application systems. Moreover, it demonstrates the possible attacks and threats on these combined technologies by analyzing their system environment and finally it discusses the possible threats that may occur.