Security on NFC-Enabled Platforms

Nearly a decade since it was first introduced, Near Field Communication (NFC) is entering the consumer technology mass market. Soon to be available on hundreds of millions of smartphones and portable personal information devices such as tablet computers, NFC provides a short-range wireless data connection that enables an array of new consumer services. Many of these services, in particular those described as electronic wallet functions, utilize information that users want to keep private. In fact, high confidence that personal data and financial transactions are protected is critical to wide market success for NFC.