Location-based security for ID document and ID card enrollment stations

  • Authors:
  • Eugene P. Gerety;Khaled M. Elleithy

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Bridgeport;University of Bridgeport

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 14th Communications and Networking Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Much of today's security for financial assets, services, facilities, personal information, immigration, employment and travel is provided in the form of a variety of ID instruments such as passports, credit cards, ID badges, access cards, and other similar forms of identification. Staggering costs associated with rampant identity theft are driving ongoing efforts to produce stronger, positive-ID documents and cards through the application of a wide variety of security enhancing techniques such as biometrics, embedded chips, encryption and specialized materials with security features. Each new generation of ID documents and cards becomes more technologically sophisticated and difficult to forge, forcing criminals to resort to increasingly complex and sophisticated forms of attack to circumvent their security mechanisms. Against this backdrop, ID Enrollment systems become particularly enticing targets for theft and unauthorized use, because with their use of authentic security materials, algorithms and production mechanisms, these systems are capable of producing truly undetectable fraudulent ID instruments capable of passing any and all security tests performed by even the most sophisticated ID verification terminals. This paper proposes and presents a practical location-based security framework designed to protect against any attempt to operate an ID production/enrollment system away from its authorized operating location.