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Herbert J. Mattord

Password Authentication

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Assessing Relative Weights Of Authentication Components: An Expert Panel Approach, Herbert J. Mattord, Yair Levy, Steven Furnell May 2014

Assessing Relative Weights Of Authentication Components: An Expert Panel Approach, Herbert J. Mattord, Yair Levy, Steven Furnell

Herbert J. Mattord

Organizations rely on password-based authentication methods to control access to many Web-based systems. In a recent study, we developed a benchmarking instrument to assess the authentication methods used in these contexts. Our instrument developed included extensive literature foundation and an expert panel assessment. This paper reports on the development of the instrument and the expert panel assessment. The initial draft of the instrument was derived from literature to assess 1) password strength requirements, 2) password usage methods, and 3) password reset requirements. Following, the criteria within the index were evaluated by an expert panel and the same panel provided opinions …


Factors Of Password-Based Authentication, Herbert J. Mattord, Yair Levy, Steven Furnell May 2014

Factors Of Password-Based Authentication, Herbert J. Mattord, Yair Levy, Steven Furnell

Herbert J. Mattord

Organizations continue to rely on password-based authentication methods to control access to many Web-based systems. This research study developed a benchmarking instrument intended to assess authentication methods used in Web-based information systems (IS. This approach explored how authentication practices can be measured in three component areas: 1) password strength requirements, 2) password usage methods, and 3) password reset requirements. This report explores the criteria that are required to define these component areas.