A Decision System for Adequate Authentication
| Document type: | Conference Papers |
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| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Henric Johnson, Lennart Isaksson, Markus Fiedler, Felix Wu |
| Title: | A Decision System for Adequate Authentication |
| Conference name: | International Conference on Systems |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Pagination: | 185-193 |
| ISBN: | 0-7675-2552-0 |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Engineering - Dept. of Telecommunication Systems (Sektionen för teknik – avd. för telekommunikationssystem) School of Engineering S- 372 25 Ronneby +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.tek.bth.se/ |
| Authors e-mail: | hjo@bth.se, lis@bth.se, mfi@bth.se, wu@cs.ucdavis.edu |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | A practical decision system is developed for finding the adequate authentication level based on desirable security criteria and alternatives. Even though the notion of lightweight security is acknowledged, the process of determining when to use it instead of strong security is not well understood. The process of making such a decision can be very complex. By defining an overall security goal and a set of criteria with corresponding alternatives, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to select the most suitable, preferred (and thus, adequate) authentication level, which is demonstrated by a realistic case study. |
| Subject: | Telecommunications\Network Security |
