Usable security

Subfield of Computer Science and Cybersecurity

Usable security is a subfield of computer science, human-computer interaction, and cybersecurity concerned with the user interface design of cybersecurity systems. In particular, usable security focuses on ensuring that the security implications of interacting with computer systems, such as via alert dialog boxes, are accessible and understandable to human users. This differs from the software engineering method of secure by design in that it emphasizes human aspects of cybersecurity rather than the technical. Usable security also sits opposite the idea of security through obscurity by working to ensure that users are aware of the security implications of their decisions.

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