Digital Forensics in Small Devices: RFID Tag Investigation

Figure 2.15: RFID Business System Security Risks (author)
However, the Business Information System (BIS) consists of the
database/warehouse application, the human participants, the Information System
(IS) build, and the Information Technology (IT) that supports the IS. As a sub-
system of the BIS, middleware is found on the scanners and in the POS entity.
The explanation given by other researchers (Bhargava, 2006) suggests that the
division of the BIS is categorized into layers such as the real world (strategic
layer), the software (application layer), the protocols (the transport layer) and the
Tags (the physical layer). Such a categorization maps onto the archive of known
security breaches in the Internet world and provides structure for security risk
assessment of BIS entity.
2.6 CONCLUSION
In this chapter, the three-tier model of a RFID system such as material layer
(Section 2.1), IS layer (Section 2.2) and business process layer (Section 2.3) were
reviewed in order to understand and identify the processes, model, and concepts
that could be applied to the proposed research. As stated in the material layer, the
characteristics of different classes of RFID Tags, readers, host or controller, RFID
standards were reviewed. Likewise, the review of the IS layer explained where the
data was stored and the way in which the tag data was transferred to the backend
servers or enterprise applications. Moreover, the BS of a RFID stock management
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