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NIST Releases Guidelines for RFID Use

Retailers, manufacturers, hospitals, federal agencies and other organizations planning to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to improve their operations should also systematically evaluate the possible security and privacy risks and use best practices to mitigate them, according to a report issued today by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

NIST Issues Guidelines for Ensuring RFID Security, Government Technology, April 26, 2007.