Current Research
Research is being done to find new ways of enhancing and creating new techniques for cognitive ability and memorization when it comes to password selection. A study in 2004 indicates that the typical college student creates about 4 different passwords for use with about 8 different items, such as computers, cell phones, and email accounts, with the typical password used for about two items. The information about type of passwords points to an approximate even split between linguistic and numeric passwords with about a quarter using mix of linguistic/numeric information. Names (proper, nicknames) are the most common information used for passwords, with dates second. Research is also being done on the effect of policies that force users to create more secure and effective passwords. The results of this study show that a password composition policy reduces the similarity of passwords to dictionary words. However, such policy did not reduce the use of meaningful information in passwords such as names and birth dates, nor did it reduce password recycling.
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