• DocumentCode
    1587562
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    506
  • Lastpage
    513
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    e-Business Engineering, 2008. ICEBE '08. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xi´an
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3395-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEBE.2008.91
  • Filename
    4690659