Title :
Overview of Security Threats for Smart Cards in the Public Transport Industry
Author :
Markantonakis, Konstantinos ; Mayes, Keith ; Sauveron, Damien ; Askoxylakis, Ioannis G.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Security Group Smart Card Centre, R. Holloway Univ. of London, Egham
Abstract :
The advantages of utilising smart card technology, more importantly contactless smart cards, in the transport industry have long been realised. In this paper we provide an overview of the generic security issues and threats encountered whenever smart cards are utilised within the transport industry. To help highlight the issues, we analyse the different types of cards, their hosted applications, along with certain requirements on the relevant card issuing authorities.
Keywords :
security of data; smart cards; transportation; travel industry; public transport industry; security issue; security threat; smart card; Authentication; Computer industry; Computer science; Computer security; Costs; Cryptography; Information security; Intelligent vehicles; Plastics; Smart cards; Smart card; Threats; Transport;
Conference_Titel :
e-Business Engineering, 2008. ICEBE '08. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICEBE.2008.91
