Open AccessPASSWORD PROTECTION: END USER SECURITY BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
K. Kato,
Vitaly Klyuev
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2312-5381
pISSN - 1727-6209
DOI - 10.47839/ijc.13.1.616
Subject(s) - password , computer security , computer science , password policy , password strength , s/key , nist , key (lock) , authentication (law) , password cracking , cognitive password , set (abstract data type) , one time password , internet privacy , natural language processing , programming language
Password authentication is one of essential services in our life for protecting data. In other words, we may loose a lot of money, sensitive data, etc., if passwords leak out. Thus, we have to understand clearly what is important for creating and/or changing passwords. Our goal is to analyze key issues for setting passwords. We surveyed 262 students of the University of Aizu, Japan. We discussed key security problems, main password protection issues and techniques, and misunderstandings about passwords by end users. Furthermore, we compared the obtained data with results provided by the National Institute of Standard Technology (NIST) and others. The results can help the users set stronger passwords.