EU – RFID Research Project Examining Security and Privacy in the Supply Chain (FIPA)
FIPA - Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
The Ko-RFID research project, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, addresses RFID and collaboration, and the impact of the former on the latter within the supply chain. The project is divided into nine sub-projects, each approaching the main research questions from a different angle, according to a university statement. Initiated by Humboldt-Universit¿zu Berlin, the Ko-RFID project was started in August 2006 and is dedicated to studying the impact that RFID technology might have on the coordination and cooperation processes within an RFID-enabled supply chain. The project is split into nine modules, each having its own objectives and responsibility for certain aspects of the general problem area, according to the university. The primary focus of the “Privacy and Security” module addresses security aspects of data storage, processing and sharing in the RFID-enabled supply chain. The objective of the research activities is to evaluate and produce solutions for security threats in the supply chain.