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Continuous authentication consists of repeatedly authenticating the subject identity end-to-end during a computing session. Continuous authentication can be active or passive.
Passive continuous authentication consists of authenticating the subject unobtrusively by keeping the authentication medium transparent to the subject.
Active continuous authentication engages the subject in the authentication process. The subject is prompted periodically to participate in the authentication process by providing the authentication information or performing some tasks that will generate the required authentication data.
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Authentication represents indisputably one of the most important security mechanisms available in digital systems. Important services such as authorization and access control schemes rely on the ability of the authentication services to verify the identity of subjects requesting access to protected services. Traditionally,...
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Traoré, I. (2021). Continuous Authentication. In: Jajodia, S., Samarati, P., Yung, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography, Security and Privacy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27739-9_1503-1
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