My authentication album: Adaptive images-based login mechanism

Amir Herzberg, Ronen Margulies

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

We present the design and user study of an adaptive authentication mechanism based on recognition of user-custom images. The mechanism relies on memorizing the custom images on each primary login, and adaptively increasing the authentication difficulty upon failures (suspected impersonation attempts). The constant memorization of the images allows fallback authentication by recognizing all/most of the user's custom images. Our mechanism can be used for multiple authentication scenarios; in particular, it can provide effective phishing protection for primary and/or fallback web login. The mechanism features quick authentication times and low guessing probabilities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Security and Privacy Research - 27th IFIP TC 11 Information Security and Privacy Conference, SEC 2012, Proceedings
Pages315-326
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event27th IFIP TC 11 Information Security and Privacy Conference, SEC 2012 - Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Duration: 4 Jun 20126 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume376 AICT
ISSN (Print)1868-4238

Conference

Conference27th IFIP TC 11 Information Security and Privacy Conference, SEC 2012
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHeraklion, Crete
Period4/06/126/06/12

Keywords

  • fallback authentication
  • human factors
  • memorability
  • password reset
  • phishing
  • security by design
  • user study
  • web authentication

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'My authentication album: Adaptive images-based login mechanism'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this