A Multi-Factor Authentication Method for Security of Online Examinations

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Abstract

Security of online examinations is the key to success of remote online learning. However, it faces many conventional and non-conventional security threats. Impersonation and abetting are rising non-conventional security threats, when a student invites a third party to impersonate or abet in a remote exam. This work proposed dynamic profile questions authentication to identify that the person taking an online test is the same who completed the course work. This is combined with remote proctoring to prevent students from taking help from a third party during exam. This research simulated impersonation and abetting attacks in remote online course and laboratory based control simulation to analyse the impact of dynamic profile questions and proctoring. The study also evaluated effectiveness of the proposed method. The findings indicate that dynamic profile questions are highly effective. The security analysis shows that impersonation attack was not successful.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSmart Grid and Internet of Things. SGIoT 2018
PublisherSpringer
Pages131-138
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9783030059286
ISBN (Print)9783030059279
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Dec 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume256
ISSN (Print)1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)1867-822X

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