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Data Science Solution For User Authentication, Anas Ibrahim

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

User authentication is considered a key factor in almost any software system and is often the first layer of security in the digital world. Authentication methods utilize one, or a combination of up to two, of the following factors: something you know, something you have and something you are. To prevent serious data breaches that have occurred using the traditional authentication methods, a fourth factor, something you do, that is being discussed among researchers; unfortunately, methods that rely on this fourth factor have problems of their own.

This thesis addresses the issues of the fourth authentication factor and proposes a …