CRYPTA

Cryptographic Protected Tags for new RFID Applications

CRYPTA is a research project supported by the Austrian programme FIT-IT Trust in IT Systems. The consortium consists of three consorium partner in the area of Graz, namely IAIK, austriamicrosystems, and RF-iT Solutions. The start of the project is Feburary 2009 and the duration is expected to be 29 months.

Project Description

RFID technology is treated as one of the main enabler for the future Internet of Things. RFID systems consist of tags, readers and a backend system. The tags basically provide their ID to any reader that is querying the tags. Additional functionality like authentication or secure communication of tags or readers is not considered in the existing standards. We are confident that profound security measures for RFID systems will not only enable a variety of new RFID applications, but also contribute to solve the currently ongoing privacy discussion concerning current RFID technology. Within CRYPTA we will build a future RFID application prototype extended by state-of-the-art security functionality (proof-of-origin).