Password memorability and security: Empirical results

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Yan, Jeff ^a   Alan, Blackwell ^b   Anderson, Ross ^b   Grant, Alasdair ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Chinese University of Hong Kong ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE MONITORING; PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION; PASSWORD SELECTION; SOCIAL ENGINEERING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; ENTROPY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 12844275960     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2004.81     Document Type: Review

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