PixelPin - A Simple, Secure and User- Friendly Password Alternative

在当今的数字时代，我们越来越依赖于在线服务，以便在多个设备上访问。因此，信息安全是与开放数字时代相关的关键挑战之一，它面临着商业、政府和公民的共同挑战。2014年，在线密码泄露的成本约为2000亿美元，PixelPin旨在通过开发一种安全的单点登录解决方案来消除传统的电子密码，从而解决当前身份验证解决方案的局限性（也可作为多因素方法的一部分）。相反，这个概念是基于图片的方法，用户可以选择个人图像（例如假日照片）和四个通过点序列，基于成功的研究，已经证明更容易学习，更快进入和不太可能被遗忘，防止常见的黑客技术，如字典攻击，社会工程，网络钓鱼和键盘记录。这项基于云的服务允许用户在手机，平板电脑或网络上输入他们的4个密码点。PixelPin是专为今天的永远在线，移动优先和多设备一代而设计的。它取代密码和PIN与一个安全的，用户友好的和私人的方法登录到网站，提供了一个全球性的解决方案，是语言独立的和完美的移动的。在为期12个月的项目中，必须开发一些关键的可用性功能，这将在2017年第二季度在认证软件市场推出产品之前将该技术推进到预生产原型中。

In today’s digital age, we are becoming increasingly dependent on online services to beaccessible across multiple devices. As a result, the security of information is one of the keychallenges associated with the open- digital age, which faces commerce, governments andcitizens alike. In 2014, the cost of online password breaches was around $200Bn,demonstrating clearly that current solutions which centre predominantly on alphanumericpasswords are falling short of properly protecting personal and financial information.PixelPin aim to address the limitations of current authentication solutions through thedevelopment of a secure single sign-on solution that eliminates traditional alphanumericpasswords (can also be used as part of a multi-factor approach). The concept instead is apatented picture-based approach with users choosing a personal image (e.g. a holiday photo)and a four pass-point sequence which, based on successful PoC studies, have shown to beeasier to learn, quicker to enter & less likely to be forgotten, protecting against commonhacking techniques such as dictionary attacks, social engineering, phishing & keylogging.This cloud based service allows the user to input their 4 passpoints on mobiles, tablets or theweb.PixelPin is designed for today’s always-on, mobile-first and multi-device generation. Itreplaces passwords and PINs with a secure, user friendly and private method of logging intoweb sites, providing a global solution that is language independent and perfect for mobile. Anumber of critical usability features must be developed throughout the 12 month projectwhich will advance the technology into a preproduction prototype prior to product launch inthe authentication software market in Q2 2017.