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Securing NFC mobile services with cloud of secure elements (CoSE)

  • Pascal Urien
  • , Selwyn Piramuthu
  • University of Florida

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Abstract

The availability of NFC smartphones has facilitated the development of a large number of related applications. Some of these NFC applications necessitate communication with other systems, which may not necessarily be secure, through communication channels and mechanisms that may be open to vulnerabilities. Security is therefore paramount to the success of these NFC mobile services. While Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication mode is common in mobile NFC applications, it is vulnerable to security-related issues that arise from the use of untrusted devices for storage and to process applications. We propose the concept of a Cloud of Secure Elements (CoSE) where the secure services are hosted by servers rather than by smartphone Secure Elements. We discuss the use of CoSE for mobile payments. We also illustrate how an NFC smartphone may be efficiently used as a bridge between an NFC reader and an Internet server of secure microcontroller that hosts EMV applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobile Computing, Applications, and Services - 5th International Conference, MobiCASE 2013, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsGerard Memmi, Ulf Blanke
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages322-331
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319054513
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Event5th International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2013 - Paris, France
Duration: 7 Nov 20138 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume130
ISSN (Print)1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)1867-822X

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2013
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period7/11/138/11/13

Keywords

  • Cloud of Secure Elements
  • Mobile Services
  • NFC
  • Secure Element
  • Security

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