This course focuses on how to design and build secure systems with a human-centric focus. We will look at basic principles of human-computer interaction, and apply these insights to the design of secure systems with the goal of developing security measures that respect human performance and their goals within a system.
Usable Security
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- Usability Testing
- Cybersecurity
- Authentications
- User Interface (UI) Design
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Security Engineering
- Usability
- User Centered Design
- Design
- Human Factors (Security)
- Human Factors
- Human Computer Interaction
- Interaction Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Personally Identifiable Information
- Information Privacy
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CK
Reviewed on May 23, 2019
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Reviewed on Mar 23, 2018
Usable Security is a one of the finest courses which explains what its description states.I gained a lot of experience with usablity and will try to implement the same in my future security features.
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Reviewed on Sep 21, 2017
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