How to Cheat at Deploying and Securing RFID
For security professionals needing to get up and running fast with the topic of RFID, this guide offers the perfect approach to learning all that you need to adopt this security method.
TABLE OF CONTENTS How to Cheat at Deploying and Securing RFID
Chapter 5: Working with Regulations and Standards
Introduction
All mature (or maturing) industries have their regulations and standards, and the RFID industry is no exception. Regulations help make the devices and systems in the industry secure and safe, and they help the industry advance without disrupting other industries. Standards are necessary to bring some order and interoperability within a specific industry. Without agreed-on standards, all vendors will manufacture or develop products and devices by following their own rules, and there will be a perfect chaos instead of interoperability. Of course, regulations and standards have their impact on an industry s products as well.
So, the main goal of this chapter is to understand the regulations and standards at work in the RFID industry. To accomplish this goal, we will explore three avenues: RFID regulations, RFID standards, and the impact of these regulations and standards.
Understanding Regulations and Standards
What are regulations and standards, and why do we need them? First, note that regulations and standards are not limited to RFID systems. Let s take a general look at these two concepts: regulations and standards.
Regulations
A regulation, in general, is a legal restriction promulgated by a government administrative agency through rule making and is typically supported by a threat of consequences, such as fine for not following the rules. A regulation is mandated by the government or state as an attempt to produce an outcome that might not otherwise occur or to prevent an outcome that might otherwise occur. Regulations rarely work perfectly; they don t always produce the...
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