Usable Security

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.

• Design secure systems with a human-centered focus
• Apply human-computer interaction principles to security
• Develop security measures respecting user performance

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read instructions and complete short practice tasks