A Survey on Authentication Techniques

Abstract

Security refers to all the measures that are taken to protect a place, or to ensure that only people with permission enter it or leave it and  limiting access to key network resources by keeping the resources behind a locked door and protected from natural and human-made disasters. We have different type’s security techniques to protect the information and also our credentials. In this paper we will discuss some of the security techniques. There are different types of security techniques are existed, such as Human Authentication Techniques and Computer Authentication Techniques. The Human Authentication Techniques are Knowledge Base, Token Based, Biometrics and Recognition Based. The Computer Authentication Techniques Textual Passwords Graphical Passwords Biometric schemes.