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Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study

This paper presents a research concerning password management and single-sign-on for accessing lnternet applications.Many lnternet applications require users to subscribe to their services and authenticate themselves through the use of login credentials.The number of such applications is increasing...

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Main Authors: Katuk, Norliza, Mohamad Tahir, Hatim, Zakaria, Nur Haryani, Halim, Mohamad Subri
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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QA76 Computer software
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/13773/1/3.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.137732016-05-19T01:50:57Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/13773/ Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study Katuk, Norliza Mohamad Tahir, Hatim Zakaria, Nur Haryani Halim, Mohamad Subri QA76 Computer software This paper presents a research concerning password management and single-sign-on for accessing lnternet applications.Many lnternet applications require users to subscribe to their services and authenticate themselves through the use of login credentials.The number of such applications is increasing exponentially which caused ineffective login credentials management among users.This study was conducted with two objectives (i) to identify how users manage their usernames and passwords, and (ii) to examine whether users see the benefits of single-sign-on.To achieve these objectives, a focus group interview was conducted on students from a local university.The results of the study suggested that the students did not practice proper password management.Further, it suggested that single-sign-on may not be the immediate solution to improve the students' password management. 2014-12-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/13773/1/3.pdf Katuk, Norliza and Mohamad Tahir, Hatim and Zakaria, Nur Haryani and Halim, Mohamad Subri (2014) Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study. In: 4th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2014), 8-10 Disember 2014, Malacca, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic QA76 Computer software
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Katuk, Norliza
Mohamad Tahir, Hatim
Zakaria, Nur Haryani
Halim, Mohamad Subri
Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study
description This paper presents a research concerning password management and single-sign-on for accessing lnternet applications.Many lnternet applications require users to subscribe to their services and authenticate themselves through the use of login credentials.The number of such applications is increasing exponentially which caused ineffective login credentials management among users.This study was conducted with two objectives (i) to identify how users manage their usernames and passwords, and (ii) to examine whether users see the benefits of single-sign-on.To achieve these objectives, a focus group interview was conducted on students from a local university.The results of the study suggested that the students did not practice proper password management.Further, it suggested that single-sign-on may not be the immediate solution to improve the students' password management.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Katuk, Norliza
Mohamad Tahir, Hatim
Zakaria, Nur Haryani
Halim, Mohamad Subri
author_facet Katuk, Norliza
Mohamad Tahir, Hatim
Zakaria, Nur Haryani
Halim, Mohamad Subri
author_sort Katuk, Norliza
title Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study
title_short Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study
title_full Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study
title_fullStr Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study
title_full_unstemmed Can single-sign-on improve password management? A focus group study
title_sort can single-sign-on improve password management? a focus group study
publishDate 2014
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/13773/1/3.pdf
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