Influencing users towards better passwords: persuasive cued click-points

Usable security has unique usability challenges because the need for security often means that standard humancomputer-interaction approaches cannot be directly applied. An important usability goal for authentication systems is to support users in selecting better passwords, thus increasing security by expanding the effective password space. In click-based graphical passwords, poorly chosen passwords lead to the emergence of hotspots

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: BCSHCI
• Authors: Sonia Chiasson, Alain Forget, Robert Biddle, Paul C. van Oorschot
• Keywords: BCSHCI 2008, Click-based Graphical Passwords, Graphical Passwords, Human Computer Interaction, Usable Security