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International Journal of Security and Networks

 

Special Issue on: "Security and Privacy in RFID Systems"

Guest Editors:
Dr. Hua Wang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Professor Xiaohua Jia ,City University of Hong Kong, China

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology for automated identification of objects and people with neither physical nor visual contact. RFID systems are already widely applied in industry supporting supply chain management and inventory control. The identification method relies on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. A tag is a small microchip which is used for wireless data transmission between the tag and a reader. Tags only offer weak computation and storage capacities. While increased applications of RFID systems in our daily life continue, this also creates new security and privacy problems to both individuals and organisations because of their limitations. Examples of security issues are: cloning an RFID tag, impersonation of a tag to obtain access permission and forging an e-passport for international travel.

This special issue will bring together those leading researchers and developers in security and privacy fields to study the particular problems and challenges of RFID systems. Its purpose is therefore to foster communication between various communities, including security and privacy communities, and distributed systems and information systems communities. The objective is to evaluate the expectations of security and privacy concerning RFID and to establish a common infrastructure of the discipline. The special issue will identify fundamental theory, techniques, applications and practical experiences in a variety of topics in privacy and security and also provide a common ground for advanced research and development in security and privacy, concentrating on the special challenges of RFID systems. The issue will to publish the most recent results in security and privacy aspects of RFID systems.

Subject Coverage
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
RFID system security:

• Intrusion detection
• Secure RFID operating systems
• Database security
• Security infrastructures
• Security evaluation

Network security:

• RFID network security
• Security agents
• Protocols
• Anti-virus and anti-hacker measures

RFID applications:

• Electronic commerce
• Government
• Health
• Biology
• Telecommunications

Foundations:

• Privacy
• Access control
• Authentication
• Identification
• Cryptography

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Manuscript due: 28 February, 2009

Acceptance/rejection notification: 31 May, 2009

Final manuscript due: 31 July, 2009