NFC secure channel

The best approach to ensuring NFC security is to use an NFC secure channel. This will protect against eavesdropping and data modification attacks.It is possible to use standard key agreement protocols such as Diffe-hellman because of the inherent protection has against man in the middle attacks. This protocol can be sued in the standard non-authenticated version because of the inherent NFC security.The shared key can be used to derive a symmetric key which can then be used for the NFC secure channel.The NFC secure channel provides for confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of the data transferred between devices.Despite significant security concerns, many major players in the payment, Internet and smartphone industry have forged ahead with NFC technology. Google partnered with MasterCard and Citigroup to develop an NFC mobile payment system, which works on the newer versions of the Android. Industry experts say that near field communication is secure – at least, as secure as a credit card.Because smartphones are essentially tiny computers, the phones’ systems can include strong cryptography and other security protocols. Still, it’s possible to pick up data from an NFC transaction from a distance using an antenna.Consumers are also not used to protecting their smartphones from intrusion. A study found that less than 50% use passwords or keypad locks on their phones, and that users were more concerned about receiving unwanted ads than virus attacks. But privacy and security concerns remain a barrier to NFC adoption: half of consumers who haven’t tried mobile payments cite tracking by payment services or the possibility of fraud as major reasons.As a technology which will likely soon become an important part of our daily lives, Near Field Communication is something with which we should become familiar. In order to fully understand the potential uses of NFC, it is important to understand exactly what it is. With this understanding, we can then come to a fuller understanding of the risks inherent in the use of NFC and, finally, what we can do to avoid these risks as we begin to pay for merchandise and transfer information in this new, exciting way. Secure NFC has addressed and resolved these security issues in a number of unique ways targeted at both NFC Card Issuers and NFC Cardholders. You and your organization can benefit immediately from our innovative NFC Security solutions by downloading our apps directly to your smartphone today or contact us for licencing information.http://www.businessinsider.com/security-concerns-dog-near-field-communication-technology-2011-8#ixzz2AeMHHiUW

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