User Security Behavior on Wireless Networks: An Empirical Study

Chenoweth, Tim; Minch, Robert P.; Tabor, Sharon W.

doi:10.1109/hicss.2007.589

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“…There are also some other up-to-date studies pointing the user security behaviors on wireless public networks. Chenoweth et al [4,5] examined the results of their empirical study, which mainly marks the insecurity of wireless networks due to their natural vulnerabilities rather than the password use.…”

Section: Password Related Experiments In Literaturementioning

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The weak and the strong password preferences

Korkmaz

Dalkiliç

2010

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Security of Information and Networks

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Considering the computer authentication, any password shall not only be private to its owner but also be chosen as not to be predicted easily by others. The passwords used in authentication processes of any critical system should be strong as not to be cracked easily. In this context, the strong password choice gets significance for the general system security. This study aims to reveal the proper and improper properties on password preferences via examining the real samples. The method used in this work is first to gather the real passwords in plaintext, then to crack the encrypted forms of them and finally to investigate statistical queries on those passwords in order to distinguish the common weak and strong characteristics. As the case study, the experiments are conducted on real passwords of Turkish users in an actively running system. The results of the experiments are categorized for weak and strong passwords. Moreover, the common tendencies on password choice are evaluated.

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Section: Password Related Experiments In Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The weak and the strong password preferences

Korkmaz

Dalkiliç

2010

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Security of Information and Networks

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“…The authors suggested WPA-PSK instead of WEP and consider Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering as a security mechanism. Chenoweth et al (2007) Conducted study of users' behavior in a university. The study finds that 9% of 3,331 of personal computers on campus do not have firewalls properly configured on them.…”

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Wireless Security in Libya: A Survey Paper

Benqdara¹,

Mahmoud²

2019

IJCA

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Wireless networks have advanced quickly over the most recent of years because of the improvements of new wireless standards and cost-effective wireless hardware. This has prompted broad selection of the innovation in home and private companies. Notwithstanding, the vulnerabilities and threats that wireless networks are exposed to resulted in higher risk for unauthorized users to access the computer networks. This paper assesses the security status of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) use by occupants and coffee houses in two noteworthy city communities of Libya. The objective is to assess the security vulnerabilities that lie underneath the use of WLAN by the general population in Libya. Information will be gathered from different populated locales and will be analyzed to better understand the wireless security awareness among the public.

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“…A more user focused empirical study by [8] which was carried out on users' behavior in a university shows that 9% of 3,331 of personal computers on campus do not have firewalls properly configured on them. In addition to this, 60% of wireless networks did not use any good form of authentication or encryption according to a survey by panda international and also vulnerability checks indicated a good number of users not having firewalls on their computers.…”

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Research on Wireless Network Security Awareness of Average Users

Ochang¹,

Irving²,

Ofem³

2016

IJWMT

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Network insecurity has become an increasing problem in the world of computer networks. Technical experts have tried to combat this by improving the technical awareness of the threats and technical solutions involved in Wireless Local Networks (WLAN) through technical reports and policy enforcement. The average users' knowledge and awareness of network security, how they react to the warnings and implement security measures is also very important. Current studies on users' awareness of security policies, whether it has been communicated well enough and how aware WLAN users are to the threats and issues involved are still not fully ascertained. To fill this gap it is important to find out the users basic knowledge of the security measures and policies. In this paper, statistical methods were developed and adopted in other to compare the knowledge of Information Technology (IT) related employees and that of non-technical employees on how aware they are of WLAN security threats and security measures. The techniques the paper has adopted revealed the knowledge gap between non-technical and technical users. This revelation is significant and therefore requiring more efficient methods for creating awareness on WLAN threats and countermeasures among average users.

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User Security Behavior on Wireless Networks: An Empirical Study

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Cited by 5 publications

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The weak and the strong password preferences

The weak and the strong password preferences

Wireless Security in Libya: A Survey Paper

Research on Wireless Network Security Awareness of Average Users

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