An Expert Panel Approach on Developing a Unified System Authentication Benchmarking Index

Herbert J. Mattord, Yair Levy and Steven Furnell
Additional contact information
Herbert J. Mattord: Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA
Yair Levy: Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Steven Furnell: Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research, Plymouth University, Plymouth, Devon, UK

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (IJITN), 2013, vol. 5, issue 2, 32-42

Abstract: Network-based applications still rely heavily on password-based authentication methods to control access. In a recent study, a benchmarking instrument was used to assess authentication methods used in such systems. The authors’ instrument was built on an extensive literature foundation and was validated with an expert panel assessment. This paper reports on the development of the instrument and the expert panel assessment. The initial draft of the instrument was derived from literature to assess 1) password strength requirements, 2) password usage methods, and 3) password reset requirements. Criteria within the index were evaluated by an expert panel, who also provided opinions on the relative weights of the criteria and measures. The expert panel results were analyzed using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques. Their results revealed that out of 100% allocation, Password Strength Measure (PSM) was the dominant factor in the aggregated perception of the panel of experts with weight of 43.1%, followed by Password Initialization and Reset Measure (PIRM) with weight of 29.2%, and Password Usage Measure (PUM) with weight of 27.7%. They concluded with discussions on how criteria were assembled, how the panel was conducted, and results from the panel. The results reported include the relative weights of the three measures within the unified system authentication benchmarking index.

Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve. ... 4018/jitn.2013040103 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jitn00:v:5:y:2013:i:2:p:32-42

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (IJITN) is currently edited by Efosa Carroll Idemudia

More articles in International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (IJITN) from IGI Global
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journal Editor ().