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A comparative study of dynamic scoring formulas for capture-the-flag competitions

Ho et al. | Aug 30, 2024

A comparative study of dynamic scoring formulas for capture-the-flag competitions

The use of gamification in cybersecurity education, particularly through capture-the-flag competitions, involves scoring challenges based on their difficulty and the number of teams that solve them. The study investigated how changing the scoring formulas affects competition outcomes, predicting that different formulas would alter score distributions.

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OTGP: An innovative biometric authentication system with on-the-go passwords using a novel typing signature

Shirodkar et al. | Jun 08, 2026

OTGP: An innovative biometric authentication system with on-the-go passwords using a novel typing signature
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This manuscript describes a new method of on-the-go passwords using typing characteristics. The authors developed a keyboard and keystroke recording setup and tested it with 30 participants. The results indicated the five chosen parameters are distinct across participants yet consistent across time for each participant, making it a plausible candidate for a behavior-based password system.

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