Evaluation of password pattern used by the students of health information technology

Somayeh Niazi Kaji; Amir Jamshidnezhad; Ali Talebi Shoushtarian

Somayeh Niazi Kaji Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Amir Jamshidnezhad Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Ali Talebi Shoushtarian Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Keywords: Password patterns, Authentication, Attack patterns, Security of account, Information Technology.

Abstract

Today, technology is used as an important and foremost tool to facilitate human life. Computers, tablets, smart phones and massive social networks have affected the health and medical professions. Keeping security in such environments is one of the important and critical issue. Choose of a proper password for user accounts is a challenging matter for security in the digital environment. This study was conducted to consider the authentication level for the academic users. The sample size was found using the Gregis Morgan formula. Therefore, the patterns of passwords used in cyber environments by 200 students of IT Sciences were investigated and considered. Descriptive statistics have been used to analyze the gathered data in this study. The results showed that the passwords selected by the students were poor and imaginable for breaking.

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Author Biographies

Somayeh Niazi Kaji, Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Amir Jamshidnezhad, Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Ali Talebi Shoushtarian, Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

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