期刊名称：Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline
印刷版ISSN：1547-9684
电子版ISSN：1521-4672
出版年度：2004
卷号：7
页码：67-67
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：The research objective was to develop a model for evaluating the human impact that password
authentication issues are having on the security of information systems. Through distributing a
survey and conducting an experiment, researchers created a model for predicting the vulnerability
that a particular set of conditions will have on the likelihood of error in an information system.
The survey consisted of over 250 respondents. The experiment consisted of 30 subjects and the
analysis utilized a χ2 goodness of fit test. The findings indicate that human error associated with
password authentication can be significantly reduced through the use of passwords comprised of
data meaningful for the user and that meet the information technology community requirement
for strength of password. Future research will be performed to further validate and enhance the
developed model and to develop human factor password guidelines.
