A contemporary pictorial password technique based on character set and direction

ABSTRACT

Passwords have always been a medium of authentication which is widely used and implemented for accessing control over devices or an account. With COVID-19 pandemic, the entire world stays at home and doing the kind of work from home jobs where the bank transactions, data transfers and all happening through online modes. Situations like these where offline mode has taken a back seat, the online attacks, and security breaches have drastically increased. People can't move and have to serve from their homes but feel protected as they deal and transact through passwords only. But, if these passwords are not fully protected, then it can be exposed to others such kind of situations is risky and breaks user's trust. To avoid such repetitive circumstances user has to be more cautious while keeping passwords. In this article, a secure and easy password generating technique has been proposed based on an attractive Graphical User Interface. This technique is efficient in terms of privacy, security, and memorability. © 2020 IEEE.