Computer Science | Grinnell College

On Tuesday, September 6th, we will continue CS Table with a discussion of security practices, including the ongoing debate over passwords versus passphrases, multi-factor (or two factor) authentication, and general security practices. There are three short readings for this week:

• Before decrying the latest cyberbreach, consider your own cyberhygiene. Arun Vishwanath, The Conversation. February 24, 2015.
• Passphrases only marginally more secure than passwords because of poor choices. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica. March 24, 2012.
• Two-factor authentication: What you need to know (FAQ). Seth Rosenblatt and Jason Cipriani, CNET. June 15, 2015.

If you are interested in password managers, you may want to read the following analysis of password manager security: The Emperor's New Password Manager: Security Analysis of Web-based Password Managers. Zhiwei Li, Warren He, Devdatta Akhawe, and Dawn Song, UC Berkeley. Appeared in USENIX Security. August 20–22, 2014.