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    Computer security is critical for protecting sensitive personal, corporate, and other information, yet the conventional password protection approach can be routinely thwarted because users choose short and/or easy to guess passwords. Other approaches to user authentication, including biometric methods such as keystroke dynamics or fingerprints, also suffer from drawbacks. For example, use of fingerprints can be considered invasive, requires additional hardware, and may not work well due to environmental conditions (cold, moisture, etc.). Keystroke dynamics, while explored as a verification technique over the past three decades, has been viewed as less reliable than physical biometrics because of intra-user variation in the interval time between keystrokes. In addition, current methods only provide user authentication at a single point of entry into a computer or computer system (when a password, keystroke, or fingerprint is used to log in) but do not allow for ongoing verification. To address these disadvantages, ISU researchers have developed a new method for user verification using an approach called Cognitive Typing Rhythm. This active authentication method continuously monitors and assesses the natural pauses caused by cognitive factors of the user (such as pauses between typing words, searching for unusual characters, or spelling an unfamiliar term), yielding a keystroke “fingerprint” that is unique to that individual. As a consequence, the Cognitive Typing Rhythm method allows for continuous verification of user identities with accuracy.

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    Computer security is critical for protecting sensitive personal, corporate, and other information, yet the conventional password protection approach can be routinely thwarted because users choose short and/or easy to guess passwords. Other approaches to user authentication, including biometric methods such as keystroke dynamics or fingerprints, also suffer from drawbacks. For example, use of fingerprints can be considered invasive, requires additional hardware, and may not work well due to environmental conditions (cold, moisture, etc.). Keystroke dynamics, while explored as a verification technique over the past three decades, has been viewed as less reliable than physical biometrics because of intra-user variation in the interval time between keystrokes. In addition, current methods only provide user authentication at a single point of entry into a computer or computer system (when a password, keystroke, or fingerprint is used to log in) but do not allow for ongoing verification. To address these disadvantages, ISU researchers have developed a new method for user verification using an approach called Cognitive Typing Rhythm. This active authentication method continuously monitors and assesses the natural pauses caused by cognitive factors of the user (such as pauses between typing words, searching for unusual characters, or spelling an unfamiliar term), yielding a keystroke “fingerprint” that is unique to that individual. As a consequence, the Cognitive Typing Rhythm method allows for continuous verification of user identities with accuracy.

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    Capturing Keystroke Dynamics For Active User Authentication

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    Computer security is critical for protecting sensitive personal, corporate, and other information, yet the conventional password protection approach can be routinely thwarted because users choose short and/or easy to guess passwords. Other approaches to user authentication, including biometric methods such as keystroke dynamics or fingerprints, also suffer from drawbacks. For example, use of fingerprints can be considered invasive, requires additional hardware, and may not work well due to environmental conditions (cold, moisture, etc.). Keystroke dynamics, while explored as a verification technique over the past three decades, has been viewed as less reliable than physical biometrics because of intra-user variation in the interval time between keystrokes. In addition, current methods only provide user authentication at a single point of entry into a computer or computer system (when a password, keystroke, or fingerprint is used to log in) but do not allow for ongoing verification. To address these disadvantages, ISU researchers have developed a new method for user verification using an approach called Cognitive Typing Rhythm. This active authentication method continuously monitors and assesses the natural pauses caused by cognitive factors of the user (such as pauses between typing words, searching for unusual characters, or spelling an unfamiliar term), yielding a keystroke “fingerprint” that is unique to that individual. As a consequence, the Cognitive Typing Rhythm method allows for continuous verification of user identities with accuracy.

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    Capturing Keystroke Dynamics for Active User Authentication

    APPLICATION AREAS Computer security; Authentication ABSTRACT Computer security is critical for protecting sensitive personal, corporate, and other information, yet the conventional password protection approach can be routinely thwarted because users choose short and/or easy to guess passwords. Other approaches to user authentication, including biometric methods such as keystroke dynamics or fingerprints, also suffer from drawbacks. For example, use of fingerprints can be considered invasive, requires additional hardware, and may not work well due to environmental conditions (cold, moisture, etc.). Keystroke dynamics, while explored as a verification technique over the past three decades, has been viewed as less reliable than physical biometrics because of intra-user variation in the interval time between keystrokes. In addition, current methods only provide user authentication at a single point of entry into a computer or computer system (when a password, keystroke, or fingerprint is used to log in) but do not allow for ongoing verification. To address these disadvantages, ISU researchers have developed a new method for user verification using an approach called Cognitive Typing Rhythm. This active authentication method continuously monitors and assesses the natural pauses caused by cognitive factors of the user (such as pauses between typing words, searching for unusual characters, or spelling an unfamiliar term), yielding a keystroke fingerprint that is unique to that individual. As a consequence, the Cognitive Typing Rhythm method allows for continuous verification of user identities with accuracy. BENEFITS Enables continuous authentication Does not require additional hardware

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    Results from a large scale experiment demonstrated that the Cognitive Typing Rhythm had a 0.7% false rejection rate and a 5.5% false acceptance rate REFERENCE 1: Chang, J. M. et al. 2013. Capturing cognitive fingerprints from keystroke dynamics. IT Professional 15: 24-28. doi:10.1109/MITP.2013.52 INVENTOR(S) Dr. Jien (Morris) Chang, Mr. Kuan-Hsing Ho and Mr. Chi-Chen Fang (all of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

    | ISURF: 4145

    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STATUS (October 2013) Invention disclosure LICENSING CONTACT Craig Forney, Ph.D. E-mail: licensing@iastate.edu Phone: 515-294-9513 (Direct Line)

    | ISURF: 4145

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