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

Abstract

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