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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- Human Factors (Security)
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Information Privacy
- Usability Testing
- User Centered Design
- Personally Identifiable Information
- Human Computer Interaction
- Cybersecurity
- Security Engineering
- Usability
- Design
- User Interface (UI)
- User Interface (UI) Design
- Authentications
- Human Factors
- Interaction Design
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CK
Reviewed on May 23, 2019
it was really amazing class lecture and extraordinary learning mam from you looking aspioiusly to intern from you mam glad to be your student and hearty congratulations to you on being the top.
SS
Reviewed on Aug 18, 2021
Great course with enriching materials to support. It has given me a headstart to understand more concepts. Thank you Professor Jennifer for your structured, easy to understand course structure.
SA
Reviewed on Nov 13, 2020
I learnt more from this than I expected. It covers a lot of practical things that I have begun to apply towards improving my own personal digital security.I totally recommend this course.
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