A Context-Aware Framework for Continuous Authentication in Online Examination

Abstract

Online examination is the technology-enabled means for student’s assessment electronically. No doubt it has lots of advantages, but establishing true user authentication is very difficult. This is largely due to the virtual and anonymity nature of the online system, relative to the conventional examination. Security of the online examination system is necessary due to the increasing cases of malpractices; an imposter may take the examination on behalf of the real candidates in which the conventional username or password may not be able to detect. Therefore, for effective authentication of users during their entire session, continuous authentication is required. This paper proposes a context-aware based continuous authentication framework to address the problem of cheating in an online examination.