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Music is the key: using our enduring memory for songs to help users log on

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Abstract

Devising access control systems to support needs and capabilities of users, as well as the security requirements of organisations, is a key challenge faced in many of today’s business environments. If users are to behave securely, they must not be overburdened with unworkable authentication policies and methods. Yet the prevailing alphanumeric password can be a double-edged sword: secure passwords are inherently difficult to recall and vice-versa. Consequentially, a growing number of alternatives are emerging. In this chapter, the authors describe one novel scheme - a musical password. Musipass was designed with the user in mind and is tailored toward the task of authentication on the Web, where biometric and token-based systems have proved unsuccessful in replacing the flawed, yet prevalent traditional password. This chapter, which includes discussion on current thinking in the field of authentication, will be of interest to information managers, security practitioners, and HCI professionals.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 137-157

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2012

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2012

Publisher

IGI Global Scientific Publishing, United States

ISBN (Print)

9781466601970

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/270612
  • Scopus: 84898376549

Host publication title

Strategic and Practical Approaches for Information Security Governance

Host publication editors

  • Manish Gupta
  • John Walp
  • Raj Sharman

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