TY - JOUR
T1 - Biometrics vs passwords
T2 - a modern version of the tortoise and the hare
AU - Siddique, Kamran
AU - Akhtar, Zahid
AU - Kim, Yangwoo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - A popular misconception that biometrics represent the ultimate in authentication and that passwords are dead is causing a significant setback in digital security. For more than a decade, people (and, unfortunately, some vendors) have been promoting this trend with the claim of impregnable digital security. However, this claim is not only unjustified but has also suppressed core password research. A popular misconception that biometrics represent the ultimate in authentication and that passwords are dead is causing a significant setback in digital security. For more than a decade, people (and vendors) have been promoting this trend with the claim of impregnable digital security. However, this claim is not only unjustified but has also suppressed core password research, explain Kamran Siddique, Zahid Akhtar and Yangwoo Kim of Dongguk and Quebec universities.
AB - A popular misconception that biometrics represent the ultimate in authentication and that passwords are dead is causing a significant setback in digital security. For more than a decade, people (and, unfortunately, some vendors) have been promoting this trend with the claim of impregnable digital security. However, this claim is not only unjustified but has also suppressed core password research. A popular misconception that biometrics represent the ultimate in authentication and that passwords are dead is causing a significant setback in digital security. For more than a decade, people (and vendors) have been promoting this trend with the claim of impregnable digital security. However, this claim is not only unjustified but has also suppressed core password research, explain Kamran Siddique, Zahid Akhtar and Yangwoo Kim of Dongguk and Quebec universities.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1361-3723(17)30007-6
DO - 10.1016/S1361-3723(17)30007-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85010282186
SN - 1361-3723
VL - 2017
SP - 13
EP - 17
JO - Computer Fraud and Security
JF - Computer Fraud and Security
IS - 1
ER -