Building a Bridge Between Humans and Security
As cyber security researchers and professionals, we want to behave ethically. Indeed. Danny Bradbury calls for a code of ethics for cybersecurity. Marc Dupuis and I were interested in looking at the ethical aspects of fear appeals in cyber security. Continue Reading …
For the last two decades the field of usable security has spoken about the tension between security and usability. A huge army of researchers have worked tirelessly to improve the usability of security systems. Yet we’ve missed a dimension or Continue Reading …
In 1999, Anne Adams and M. Angela Sasse wrote a paper titled “Users are not the Enemy“. That same year Whitten and Tygar wrote a paper titled “Why Johnny Can’t Encrypt” Soon after, the field of Usable Security launched, with Continue Reading …
Image slightly altered from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly Written by Karen Renaud, Paul van Schaik, Alastair Irons and Sara Wilford On the 23rd March 2020, the UK entered a pandemic lockdown. Organisations moved their activities online. Which technologies did they use? How well Continue Reading …
