Can single sign-on improve password management? A focus group study
This article presents a research concerning password management and single sign-on for accessing Internet applications.Many Internet applications require users to subscribe to their services and authenticate themselves through the use of login credentials.The number of such applications is increasin...
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my.uum.repo.151232016-04-27T04:43:07Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15123/ Can single sign-on improve password management? A focus group study Katuk, Norliza Mohamad Tahir, Hatim Zakaria, Nur Haryani Halim, Mohamad Subri QA76 Computer software This article presents a research concerning password management and single sign-on for accessing Internet applications.Many Internet applications require users to subscribe to their services and authenticate themselves through the use of login credentials.The number of such applications is increasing exponentially, which caused ineffective login credential management among users.This study was conducted with two objectives (i) to identify how users manage their usernames and passwords and (ii) to examine whether users see the benefits of single sign-on. To achieve these objectives, a focus group interview was conducted on students from a local university.The results of the study suggested that the students did not practise proper password management.Further, it suggested that single sign-on may not be the immediate solution to improve the students’ password management. Springer International Publishing 2015 Article PeerReviewed Katuk, Norliza and Mohamad Tahir, Hatim and Zakaria, Nur Haryani and Halim, Mohamad Subri (2015) Can single sign-on improve password management? A focus group study. Pattern Analysis, Intelligent Security and the Internet of Things, 355. pp. 85-93. ISSN 2194-5357 http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17398-6_8 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17398-6_8 |
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This article presents a research concerning password management and single sign-on for accessing Internet applications.Many Internet applications require users to subscribe to their services and authenticate themselves through the use of login credentials.The number of such applications is increasing exponentially, which caused ineffective login credential management among users.This study was conducted with two objectives (i) to identify how users manage their usernames and passwords and (ii) to examine whether users see the benefits of single sign-on. To achieve these objectives, a focus group interview was conducted on students from a local university.The results of the study suggested that the students did not practise proper password management.Further, it suggested that single sign-on may not be the immediate solution to improve the students’ password management. |
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