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SUMMARY:Usable Security: Are we nearly there yet?
DTSTART:20140603T114500
DTSTAMP:20260408T002316Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Angela SASSE\, University College London (UCL)\nThe number of 
 systems and services that people interact with has increased rapidly over 
 the past 20 years.  Most of those systems and services have security cont
 rols\, but until recently\, the usability of those mechanims was not consi
 dered. Research over the past 15 years has provide ample evidence that sys
 tems that are not usable are not secure\, either\, because users make mist
 akes or devise workarounds that create vulnerabilities.  In this talk\, I
  will present an overview of the most pressing problems\, and what researc
 h on usable security (often called HCISec in the US) has produced in respo
 nse to this challenge.  I will argue that much of the research to date ha
 s missed the point by focusing on improving user interfaces to security me
 chanisms\, or trying or educate or 'nudge' users towards secure behaviour.
   I will demonstrate that usable and effective security controls need to 
 have minimal user workload and low friction with productive activity.
LOCATION:BC 420 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20420
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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