Password security is strongly tied to a user's password setting and reuse. The purpose of
this thesis research is to explore the current status of users' password usage, and to explore …

ABSTRACT A great deal of past work has investigated passwords in terms of the number of
passwords users have, the way people generate passwords, the security of these …

We performed two surveys to understand how members of a university managed their
passwords. At password creation, the university offered people four pre‐generated random …

This study investigates users' behavior in password utilization. Good password practices are
critical to the security of any information system. End users often use weak passwords that …

This study is designed to explore what are the most common and most suggested way to
create passwords with better security, especially for the group of people who set their …

The security of most password authentication mechanisms hinges on the secrecy of only a
single word–if an adversary obtains knowledge of a victim's password, the adversary will be …

Passwords created by users are hard to do away with, albeit the presence of other
authentication methods. With unsafe password practices still being a concern, we use a …

Password authentication is one of essential services in our life for protecting data. In other
words, we may loose a lot of money, sensitive data, etc., if passwords leak out. Thus, we …

Abstract Development and integration of technology give organisations the opportunity to be
globally competitive. However, the potential misuse of Information Technology (IT) is a …

Purpose–Text-based passwords created by users are typically weak. A common mitigation
is to provide meaningful feedback to users regarding the relative strength of their newly …