Abstract: Passwords are essential and fundamental for information security. They are used as a first security layer in defending electronic access. People are surrounded by tens of technologies, web services and mobile applications that require a password to grant access. Among all of these applications, people should worry about maintaining all different passwords securely. In this research, we will highlight different applications of Password Managers form security perspective. We will demonstrate the most common and used Password Managers showing their mechanism in storing confidential data, Master Key derivation and user authentication security. Finally, will conclude with security assessment result and recommendation for using Password Managers.
Keywords: Password Managers, Native Application-based Password Managers, Web Browser Password Managers, security Analysis.
Title: Security Analysis on Password Managers Applications
Author: Abdulaziz Alrushaid, Reem Algarawi
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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