Password Sharing and How to Reduce It

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Author(s): Ana Ferreira (Cintesis, Portugal & University of Kent, UK), Ricardo Correia (Cintesis, Portugal), David Chadwick (University of Kent, UK), Henrique M.D. Santos (University of Minho, Portugal), Rui Gomes (Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Portugal), Diogo Reis (Hospital S. Sebastião, Portugal)and Luis Antunes (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 21
Source title: Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anargyros Chryssanthou (Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Greece), Ioannis Apostolakis (National School of Public Health, Greece)and Iraklis Varlamis (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-895-7.ch013

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Information Security & Privacy / Medical Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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Password sharing is a common security problem. Some application domains are more exposed than others and, by dealing with very sensitive information, the healthcare domain is definitely not exempt from this problem. This chapter presents a case study of a cross section of how healthcare professionals actually deal with password authentication in typical real world scenarios. It then compares the professionals’ actual practice with what they feel about password sharing and what are the most frequent problems associated with it. Further, this chapter discusses and suggests how to solve or minimize some of these problems using both technological and social cultural mechanisms.

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