Get out your Big Chief tablet and No. 2 pencil, because consulting and testing provider FIME has six questions for you about NFC. Fortunately, they also have a newly released white paper to help you study up — "The NFC Security Quiz: 6 Key Questions Answered."

The paper explains that all NFC stakeholders must understand their liabilities, undertake a risk assessment, seek clarity on areas of responsibility and investigate ways to confidently optimize security. This creates a "security chain," which FIME believes every stakeholder in the NFC sector must actively support.

To do so means being able to answer these six questions:

1. What are the threats to sensitive NFC services? 
2. What security does a mobile device offer? 
3. Who ensures the security of NFC services? 
4. What are the relevant security requirements? 
5. Can NFC security evaluations be simplified? 
6. What is the future of NFC security evaluations? 

"Achieving the highest level of security without compromising usability and within a framework that meets the commercial limitations and technical requirements of the diverse NFC community, is a key challenge for the industry," said Christian Damour, security business line manager at FIME. "Finding this balance is also a priority, as any security breaches at this stage of implementation could discourage adoption and have a devastating impact on the industry."

The white paper, "The NFC Security Quiz: 6 Key Questions Answered," is available for free download at the FIME website.

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