Acta Informatica Pragensia 2019, 8(1), 4-17 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aip.1223685

Případová studie využití technologie RFID pro zabezpečení výpočetní techniky proti odcizení a tendence uživatelů obcházet zabezpečení

Dušan Brodani
Department of Information and Knowledge Engineering, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague, W. Churchill Sq. 4, 130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic

Studie se zabývá testováním zabezpečení výpočetní techniky a příslušných periférií v korporátní organizaci na bázi technologie identifikace na rádiové frekvenci (RFID). Potenciál RFID technologie je dále využit i k získání statistických dat z provozu v reálném čase. Na základě porovnání RFID technologie postavené na krátkých a ultra krátkých vlnách (vysoké a velmi vysoké frekvenční pásmo) byla vybrána vhodná varianta pro provoz, vybraná zařízení byla označena RFID tagy a v testovacím i ostrém provozu byla monitorována úspěšnost jejich detekce. Po třech měsících provozu proběhlo vyhodnocení nákladů na zavedení zabezpečení a přínosů v podobě snížení počtu pokusů o odcizení zabezpečených zařízení. Dalším výstupem je stanovení hranice celkové hodnoty zabezpečené výpočetní techniky oproti ztrátám způsobeným odcizením, aby se společnosti vyplatilo investovat do zabezpečení pomocí RFID. Potvrdilo se, že nasazení tohoto typu zabezpečení se organizaci jen na zamezení přímých ztrát vrátí za čtyři roky. Tendence uživatelů obcházet zabezpečení byly minimální. Na vyhodnocení výsledků pak navazuje další možné využití potenciálu RFID do budoucna i nad rámec samotného zabezpečení, například pro optimalizaci skladových zásob a sledování pohybu jednotlivých položek mezi uživateli. Jedná se zejména o zefektivnění využití pracovního času u pracovníků IT oddělení, zamezení nedostupnosti položek výpočetní techniky a zvýšení úrovně IT služeb poskytovaných uživatelům.

Keywords: RFID, zabezpečení, výpočetní technika, krátké vlny, ultra krátké vlny

A Case Study of RFID Technology Application for Protection of Computing Technology Against Theft and Users’ Tendency to Bypass the Protection

The study focuses on testing the protection of computing technology and peripheral devices based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology in a selected corporate organization. The potential of RFID technology is also employed to obtain statistical data about real-time use of the devices. Based on the comparison of high and ultra high frequency of RFID technology, the appropriate variant was selected for operation, selected devices were tagged with RFID tags, and the success of their detection was monitored both in the test period and in real operation. After three months’ operation, the cost connected with protection implementation and its benefits was assessed. The main benefit is reducing the number of stolen devices. Users’ tendency to bypass the protection was minimal. A further result of this study is determining the overall value of computing technology and peripheral devices to be protected against loss caused by theft that would make the investment in RFID technology pay off for the corporation. It was confirmed that deploying this type of protection pays off for the organization in four years thanks to the prevention of direct losses. After the assessment of the results, a possible future use of RFID potential beyond the protection itself is considered, that would optimize a corporation's inventory and track the movement of individual devices among users. These considerations include, in particular, the efficiency of use of IT staff working time, the prevention of unavailability of devices and the increase of the level of IT service provided to users.

Keywords: RFID, Protection, Computing technology, High frequency, Ultra high frequency

Received: December 6, 2018; Accepted: May 17, 2019; Prepublished online: May 22, 2019; Published: July 10, 2019  Show citation

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Brodani, D. (2019). A Case Study of RFID Technology Application for Protection of Computing Technology Against Theft and Users’ Tendency to Bypass the Protection. Acta Informatica Pragensia, 8(1), 4-17. doi: 10.18267/j.aip.122
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