System Provides Increased Security to Card-Based Access Control Systems
Farpointe Data has improved security, allowing access control manufacturers and integrators to provide their customers with a way to protect their card-based systems from skimming, eavesdropping and relay attacks.
Skimming is unauthorized access to information on a victim’s RFID card or tag without consent. From that point on, the attacker can control when and where unauthorized entries may occur. An eavesdropping attacker recovers the data sent during a transaction between the legitimate reader and card. In a relay attack, the invader relays communication between the reader and a tag which lets the attacker temporarily possess a “clone” of a token, thereby allowing the assailant to gain the associated benefits.