Alaa Salawda
Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity
BLUE Residency
2025
Redefining password security through art, technology and psychology
BLUE Residency
Winter
2025

Background

Passwords are both critical and frustrating. They’re either too simple and insecure or so complex and easy to forget. This research introduces a creative solution: passwords based on meaningful lines of poetry, secured seamlessly by a digital keyboard. Users only need to remember a unique number, with encryption handled automatically in the background, making passwords both secure and user-friendly.

This project goes beyond technical innovation—it’s about transforming how we think about passwords. By blending creativity, AI, and personalization, it seeks to make passwords memorable and meaningful, rather than frustrating. It also explores the broader impact: Can this approach help users feel more connected to their digital identities? Could it spark creativity and shift how we approach security as a whole?

Through usability studies, security testing, and AI-generated poetry for personalization, this research aims to redefine passwords, turning them into something empowering, intuitive, and deeply human.

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