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
Usable Security
Instructor: Jennifer Golbeck
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Skills you'll gain
- Design
- Human Factors
- Usability
- Authentications
- Usability Testing
- Personally Identifiable Information
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Security Engineering
- User Interface (UI) Design
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Threat Modeling
- User Centered Design
- Human Computer Interaction
- Cybersecurity
- Interaction Design
- Information Privacy
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There are 7 modules in this course
Fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction: users, usability, tasks, and cognitive models
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6 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review
Design: design methodology, prototyping, cybersecurity case study
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5 videos1 reading1 assignment
Evaluation: usability studies, A/B testing, quantitative and qualitative evaluation, cybersecurity case study
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6 videos1 reading1 assignment
Strategies for Secure Interaction Design: authority, guidelines for interface design
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5 videos1 reading1 assignment
Usable Authentication: authentication mechanisms, biometrics, two-factor authentication
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6 videos1 reading1 assignment
Usable Privacy: privacy settings, personal data sharing, data inference
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5 videos1 reading1 assignment
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1 assignment
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CK
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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.
KK
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Reviewed on Aug 6, 2016
Found it very useful. The content is articulated very well and is substantiated with research work & survey. This gives me a way to objectively assess system from security point of view
VM
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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.
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