A mobile computing device, comprising: a first memory device having first computer-readable instructions tangibly recorded thereon; a first hardware processor configured to execute the first computer-readable instructions recorded on the first memory device ; and an RFID component that includes a transceiver configured to receive a proximity signal from at least one RFID reader when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , wherein the first hardware processor is configured to, upon executing the instructions recorded on the first memory device , enable access to at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader when the transceiver of the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , and disable access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , characterized by a second memory device configured to store the proximity signal, and in that the proximity signal stored in the second memory device of the RFID component includes a control policy identifying the at least one operation of the mobile computing device that the mobile computing device is enabled to access when the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , and disabled to access when the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader . a first memory device having first computer-readable instructions tangibly recorded thereon; a first hardware processor configured to execute the first computer-readable instructions recorded on the first memory device ; and an RFID component that includes a transceiver configured to receive a proximity signal from at least one RFID reader when the RFID component is within a predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , wherein the first hardware processor is configured to, upon executing the instructions recorded on the first memory device , enable access to at least one operation of the mobile computing device in accordance with the proximity signal received by the transceiver of the RFID component from the at least one RFID reader when the transceiver of the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , and disable access to the at least one operation of the mobile computing device when the transceiver of the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , characterized by a second memory device configured to store the proximity signal, and in that the proximity signal stored in the second memory device of the RFID component includes a control policy identifying the at least one operation of the mobile computing device that the mobile computing device is enabled to access when the RFID component receives the proximity signal while the RFID component is within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader , and disabled to access when the RFID component does not receive the proximity signal while the RFID component is not within the predetermined range of the at least one RFID reader . <EOS>