SecTTS: A Secure Track and Trace System for RFID-Enabled Supply Chains

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

Due to the highly sensitive business information communicated within RFID-enabled supply chain networks, there is an urgent need for a secure and effective track & trace system. In this paper, we aim to design and implement a secure track & trace system (SecTTS) based on the EPCglobal network where the EPC Discovery Services (EPCDSs) is the most important component. In SecTTS, the EPCDS is designed as a semi-trusted server, contrasting the assumptions of previous works, which requires a trusted EPCDS. Our EPCDS is implemented based on the relay model where set-based relay policy is proposed to allow each supply chain partner to define different relay policies for information with different sensitivity. We implement a prototype of SecTTS and conduct extensive experiments. The results validate that our design is practical and cost effective.

Keywords

RFID, Supply chains, EPCglobal network, Security, Relay policy

Discipline

Information Security

Research Areas

Information Security and Trust

Publication

Computers in Industry

Volume

63

Issue

6

First Page

574

Last Page

585

ISSN

0166-3615

Identifier

10.1016/j.compind.2012.03.006

Publisher

Elsevier

Additional URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2012.03.006

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