Is a picture really worth a thousand words? Exploring the feasibility of graphical authentication systems

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 128-152

  De Angeli, Antonella ^a,c   Coventry, Lynne ^a   Johnson, Graham ^a   Renaud, Karen ^b  

^a NCR CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Security; Usability; User authentication; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

SECURITY; USABILITY; USER AUTHENTICATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; CODES (SYMBOLS); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY OF DATA; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 19944372131     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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