Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and Security Issues

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is name given to technology that uses tags, readers and backend servers to form a system that has numerous applications in many areas, much discovered and rest are to be explored. Before implementing RFID system security issues must be considered carefully, taking not care of security issues could lead to severe consequences. This paper is overview of Introduction to RFID, RFID Fundamentals, basic structure of a RFID system, some of its numerous applications, security issues and their remedies.