Usable security
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Comment: I'd suggest removing the "common goals" section as that's not very encyclopedic. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 15:57, 5 December 2022 (UTC)- Comment: Note that the article's title should be in sentence case per MOS:AT ("Usable security"). —DocWatson42 (talk) 02:41, 7 December 2022 (UTC) (Just passing through.)
Usable security is a subfield of computer science, human-computer interaction and cybersecurity concerned with the user interface design of cybersecurity systems.[1] In particular, usable security focuses on ensuring that the security implications of interacting with computer systems, such as via alert dialog boxes, are accessible and understandable to human users. This differs from the software engineering method of secure by design by placing greater focus on the human aspects of cybersecurity rather than the technical. Usable security also sits opposite the idea of security through obscurity by instead working to ensure that users are aware of the security implications of their decisions.[2][3]
Scientific conferences
- EuroUSEC: European Symposium on Usable Security
- HAS: International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust
- IFIP World Conference on Information Security Education
- STAST: International Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security
- TrustBus: International Conference on Trust and Privacy in Digital Business
- USEC: Usable Security and Privacy Symposium
See also
- Information design
- Information architecture
- Secure by default
- Secure by design
- Security through obscurity
- Software Security Assurance
- User-centered design
- User experience design
References
- ^ Garfinkel, Simson; Lipford, Heather Richter (2014), "Introduction", Usable Security, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–11, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-02343-9_1, ISBN 978-3-031-01215-0, retrieved 2022-12-01
- ^ Renaud, Karen; Volkamer, Melanie; Renkema-Padmos, Arne (2014), De Cristofaro, Emiliano; Murdoch, Steven J. (eds.), "Why Doesn't Jane Protect Her Privacy?", Privacy Enhancing Technologies, vol. 8555, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 244–262, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08506-7_13, ISBN 978-3-319-08505-0, retrieved 2022-12-01
- ^ Yee, Ka-Ping (2004). "Aligning security and usability". IEEE Security & Privacy. 2 (5): 48–55. doi:10.1109/MSP.2004.64. ISSN 1558-4046.