We are delighted to announce that Adam Aviv will give a talk here at LUH.

Abstract: Mobile authentication is a crucial component of authentication more broadly, especially as mobile devices become evermore connected to the broader computer security ecosystem. The overarching goal of my research is to improve the current state of mobile authentication by taking a holistic approach to measuring mobile authentication and its impacts that intersect directly with the user experience. In this talk, I will present a narrative of contributions to mobile authentication over the last 10 years, focusing on how human factors impact the security, from attacks, choices, and perceptions. I will particularly focus on one form of mobile authentication, Android’s graphical pattern unlock, which may be the most heavily used graphical authentication system, ever. Based on my experience, I will also present some new directions and methods that can improve the security of mobile authentication that take the user more fully into account.

Short Bio

Adam J. Aviv is an Asst. Prof. of Computer Science at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He received his Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University of Pennsylvania in Computer and Information Science, and received his B.S.E from Columbia University in New York City. His research interests are in computer security, with a focus on mobile authentication, usable security and privacy, applied cryptography, and network security.