Journal article

Verify It's You: How Users Perceive Risk-Based Authentication


Authors listWiefling, Stephan; Dürmuth, Markus; Lo Iacono, Luigi

Publication year2021

Pages47-57

JournalIEEE Security & Privacy

Volume number19

Issue number6

ISSN1540-7993

eISSN1558-4046

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1109/MSEC.2021.3077954

PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers


Abstract
Risk-based authentication (RBA) is an adaptive security measure used to strengthen password-based authentication against account takeover attacks. Our study on 65 participants shows that users find RBA more usable than two-factor authentication equivalents and more secure than password-only authentication.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleWiefling, S., Dürmuth, M. and Lo Iacono, L. (2021) Verify It's You: How Users Perceive Risk-Based Authentication, IEEE Security and Privacy, 19(6), pp. 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1109/MSEC.2021.3077954

APA Citation styleWiefling, S., Dürmuth, M., & Lo Iacono, L. (2021). Verify It's You: How Users Perceive Risk-Based Authentication. IEEE Security and Privacy. 19(6), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1109/MSEC.2021.3077954


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