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Strengthening e-banking security using keystroke dynamics
This paper investigates keystroke dynamics and its possible use as a tool to prevent or detect fraud in the banking industry. Given that banks are constantly on the lookout for improved methods to address the menace of fraud, the paper sets out to review keystroke dynamics, its advantages, disadvantages and potential for improving the security of e-banking systems. This paper evaluates keystroke dynamics suitability of use for enhancing security in the banking sector. Results from the literature review found that keystroke dynamics can offer impressive accuracy rates for user identification. Low costs of deployment and minimal change to users modus operandi make this technology an attractive investment for banks. The paper goes on to argue that although this behavioural biometric may not be suitable as a primary method of authentication, it can be used as a secondary or tertiary method to complement existing authentication systems
Conceivable security risks and authentication techniques for smart devices
With the rapidly escalating use of smart devices and fraudulent transaction of users’ data from their devices, efficient and reliable techniques for authentication of the smart devices have become an obligatory issue. This paper reviews the security risks for mobile devices and studies several authentication techniques available for smart devices. The results from field studies enable a comparative evaluation of user-preferred authentication mechanisms and their opinions about reliability, biometric authentication and visual authentication techniques
Challenges of Multi-Factor Authentication for Securing Advanced IoT (A-IoT) Applications
The unprecedented proliferation of smart devices together with novel
communication, computing, and control technologies have paved the way for the
Advanced Internet of Things~(A-IoT). This development involves new categories
of capable devices, such as high-end wearables, smart vehicles, and consumer
drones aiming to enable efficient and collaborative utilization within the
Smart City paradigm. While massive deployments of these objects may enrich
people's lives, unauthorized access to the said equipment is potentially
dangerous. Hence, highly-secure human authentication mechanisms have to be
designed. At the same time, human beings desire comfortable interaction with
their owned devices on a daily basis, thus demanding the authentication
procedures to be seamless and user-friendly, mindful of the contemporary urban
dynamics. In response to these unique challenges, this work advocates for the
adoption of multi-factor authentication for A-IoT, such that multiple
heterogeneous methods - both well-established and emerging - are combined
intelligently to grant or deny access reliably. We thus discuss the pros and
cons of various solutions as well as introduce tools to combine the
authentication factors, with an emphasis on challenging Smart City
environments. We finally outline the open questions to shape future research
efforts in this emerging field.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. The work has been accepted for
publication in IEEE Network, 2019. Copyright may be transferred without
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Body language, security and e-commerce
Security is becoming an increasingly more important concern both at the desktop level and at the network level. This article discusses several approaches to authenticating individuals through the use of biometric devices. While libraries might not implement such devices, they may appear in the near future of desktop computing, particularly for access to institutional computers or for access to sensitive information. Other approaches to computer security focus on protecting the contents of electronic transmissions and verification of individual users. After a brief overview of encryption technologies, the article examines public-key cryptography which is getting a lot of attention in the business world in what is called public key infrastructure. It also examines other efforts, such as IBM’s Cryptolope, the Secure Sockets Layer of Web browsers, and Digital Certificates and Signatures. Secure electronic transmissions are an important condition for conducting business on the Net. These business transactions are not limited to purchase orders, invoices, and contracts. This could become an important tool for information vendors and publishers to control access to the electronic resources they license. As license negotiators and contract administrators, librarians need to be aware of what is happening in these new technologies and the impact that will have on their operations
Towards Security Goals in Summative E-Assessment Security
The general security goals of a computer system are known to include confidentiality, integrity and availability (C-I-A) which prevent critical assets from potential threats. The C-I-A security goals are well researched areas; however they may be insufficient to address all the needs of the summative e-assessment. In this paper, we do not discard the fundamental C-I-A security goals; rather we define security goals which are specific to summative e-assessment security
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