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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- User Interface (UI) Design
- Interaction Design
- Design
- Usability Testing
- Human Factors (Security)
- Cybersecurity
- Authentications
- User Centered Design
- Security Engineering
- Usability
- Human Computer Interaction
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Human Factors
- User Interface (UI)
- Information Privacy
- Personally Identifiable Information
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KM
Reviewed on Jul 14, 2018
It gave me a broader scope in terms of developing a process or a system. It taught me that designing usability and security must come during the early stages of design instead of an after thought.
VM
Reviewed on Apr 28, 2020
This course has much detailed information about the topic. The instructor went to a large extent to make us learn the topic well. Overall the course is recommended. It is good course.
DG
Reviewed on Jun 28, 2016
Despite not being very fond of areas such as human-computer interaction, I found this course to be well-presented and useful. Definitely a necessity for anyone planning on building secure software.
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