Academic Journal: Internet of Things and RFID Security Issues and Countermeasures Featuring the Biometric E-Passport: An Introductory Exploratory Research

The combination of three technologies: Internet of Things (IoT), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Biometric e-Passport with a special focus on Security Threats and Countermeasures. The IoT refers to uniquely identifiable smart objects (things) and their virtual representation in an Internet-like structure. The RFID allows individual objects to identify each other, talk to each other at the same time gradually forming a network of information called the IoT. This paper describes the capabilities of both IoT and RFID with a special focus on security issues and countermeasures. The biometric e-Passport is used as a single object case study to enable close investigation of Security Issues and Countermeasures. It was found that while the combination of IoT, RFID and biometric technologies present a sophisticated way to secure identification documents such as e-Passports or digital passports and travel visas, etc., unfortunately the idea entails a host of security issues. The UN-ICAO is responsible in overseeing interoperability and provide security countermeasures to eliminate security threats in biometric e-Passports.