• DocumentCode
    1127900
  • Title

    Password memorability and security: empirical results

  • Author

    Yan, Jeff ; Blackwell, Alan ; Anderson, Ross ; Grant, Alasdair

  • Author_Institution
    Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    25
  • Lastpage
    31
  • Abstract
    Users rarely choose passwords that are both hard to guess and easy to remember. To determine how to help users choose good passwords, the authors performed a controlled trial of the effects of giving users different kinds of advice. Some of their results challenge the established wisdom.
  • Keywords
    security of data; password memorability; security; Computer security; Dictionaries; History; Privacy; Psychology; Usability; passwords; security; usability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2004.81
  • Filename
    1341406
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1127900