Title :
Enhanced password authentication through fuzzy logic
Author :
De Ru, Williem G. ; Eloff, Jan H P
Author_Institution :
Rand Afrikaans Univ., Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract :
The authors have developed a software methodology that improves security by using typing biometrics to reinforce password authentication mechanisms. Typing biometrics is the analysis of a user´s keystroke patterns. Each user has a unique way of using the keyboard to enter a password; for example, each user types the characters that constitute the password at different speeds. The methodology employs fuzzy logic to measure the user´s typing biometrics. This reinforcement is transparent-indiscernible to the users while they are entering the normal authentication
Keywords :
authorisation; biometrics (access control); fuzzy logic; fuzzy logic; keyboard; keystroke patterns; password authentication; security; software methodology; typing biometrics; Authentication; Biometrics; Computer security; Fasteners; Fuzzy logic; Helium; Keyboards; Operating systems; Pattern analysis; Resource management;
Journal_Title :
IEEE Expert