RFID Implementation and Security Concerns A Case Study of Pakistan Musab Umair Malik Engineering Management Department Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering Islamabad, Pakistan malikumair@msn.com Farooq Malik Engineering Management Department Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering Islamabad, Pakistan xfarooqmalik@yahoo.com Fahad Ahmed Khan Engineering Management Department Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering Islamabad, Pakistan fodi_mufasa@yahoo.com Dr. Nadeem Ehsan Engineering Management Department Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering Islamabad, Pakistan m4nadeem@yahoo.com Ebtisam Mirza Engineering Management Department Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering Islamabad, Pakistan ibtisam.m@gmail.com Abstract— Acceptance of the use of Radio Frequency Identification is increasing day by day. The mass-market attention towards RFID can only by gathered if this technology can provide useful features to users for daily life without compromising the security concerns. Although the research is on its way to give many useful features like medical support for doctors using RFID Components, RFID-Enabled Electronic Seals and many other features. We will discuss the features of RFID Components which should be provided into the Pakistani market while keeping in mind the security concerns so that the Pakistani Market can get most of the benefits from this technology. Key Terms – RFID, Security, Radio Frequency Identification I. INTRODUCTION Radio Frequency Identification consists of an item also known as tag integrated with an animal or any product for the tracking of radio waves . These tags can transmit and receive data from much larger distance and can also transfer data or any data beyond the line of sight [8]. Normally these tags consist of two parts. One is a combined chip for processing and retaining the data and also used for demodulation and modulation of the information and additional specific tasks. Other part contains signal transmission equipment and a specified antenna. Usually there are three kind of tags, first kind is an active tag, these tags are capable of transmitting signals as they have a dedicated battery installed and these tags work without any other power source, passive tags, these tags need no internal battery as they operate on exterior power source to generate any signal to act or react. These kinds of tags are capable of having much larger binding and have a wide range of reading capacity. [8]. As there are many other technologies today which are cutting-edge research based, the RFID technology also has a promising and provocative features. And thus this technology is spreading exponentially in few areas, but 36 _____________________________________ 978-1-4244-5539-3/10/$26.00 ©2010 IEEE