Password memorability and security : empirical results

Yan, Jeff and Alan, Blackwell and Anderson, Ross and Grant, Alasdair (2004) Password memorability and security : empirical results. IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, 2 (5). pp. 25-31. ISSN 1540-7993

Abstract

Users rarely choose passwords that are both hard to guess and easy to remember. To determine how to help users choose good passwords, the authors performed a controlled trial of the effects of giving users different kinds of advice. Some of their results challenge the established wisdom.