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| Author: | Adams, A. Sasse, M. |
| Title: | Users are not the enemy |
| Journal: | Communications of the ACM
1999 : DEC, VOL. 42:12, p. 40-45 |
| Index terms: | COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY FORECASTING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Confidentiality is an important aspect of computer security. It depends on authentication mechanisms, such as passwords, to safeguard access to information. Traditionally, authentication procedures are divided into two stages: identification (UserID), to identify the user; and authentication, to verify that the user is the legitimate owner of the ID. It is the latter stage that requires a secret password. To date, research on password security has focused on designing technical mechanisms to protect access to systems, the usability of these mechanisms has rarely been investigated. |
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