Two Experiences Designing for Effective Security

De Paula, R., Ding, X. , Dourish, P., Nies, K., Pillet, B., Redmiles, D., Ren, J., Rode, J. and Filho, R.S. (2005) Two Experiences Designing for Effective Security. In: Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, SOUPS 2005, Pittsburgh, PA., USA, 6-8 July 2005, pp. 25-34. (doi: 10.1145/1073001.1073004)

Abstract

In our research, we have been concerned with the question of how to make relevant features of security situations visible to users in order to allow them to make informed decisions regarding potential privacy and security problems, as well as regarding potential implications of their actions. To this end, we have designed technical infrastructures that make visible the configurations, activities, and implications of available security mechanisms. This thus allows users to make informed choices and take coordinated and appropriate actions when necessary. This work differs from the more traditional security usability work in that our focus is not only on the usability of security mechanism (e.g., the ease-of-use of an access control interface), but how security can manifest itself as part of people's interactions with and through information systems (i.e., how people experience and interpret privacy and security situations, and are enabled or constrained by existing technological mechanisms to act appropriately). In this paper, we report our experiences designing, developing, and testing two technical infrastructures for supporting this approach for usable security.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ding, Dr Sharon
• Authors: De Paula, R., Ding, X., Dourish, P., Nies, K., Pillet, B., Redmiles, D., Ren, J., Rode, J., and Filho, R.S.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Journal Name: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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