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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- Cybersecurity
- Usability Testing
- User Interface (UI)
- User Centered Design
- Human Factors (Security)
- Authentications
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Design
- Information Privacy
- Usability
- Personally Identifiable Information
- Human Factors
- Human Computer Interaction
- Interaction Design
- Security Engineering
- User Interface (UI) Design
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Reviewed on Jun 20, 2016
I like how in depth this gets. it explains it very well an in ways for people who are starting off in this field to get a basic understanding in exactly what we are learning. very well put together!
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