2008
DOI: 10.1109/mic.2008.50
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A Brief Introduction to Usable Security

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“…Usable security aims to improve the security of a system by helping the user make good decisions [33]. This involves informing users about the system, communicating risks in a way that is understandable, clarifying what the security requirements are, and providing guidance with technical tasks [1].…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Usable security aims to improve the security of a system by helping the user make good decisions [33]. This involves informing users about the system, communicating risks in a way that is understandable, clarifying what the security requirements are, and providing guidance with technical tasks [1].…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Password utilization (Payne and Edwards, 2008) is a typical authentication method, with the achievable security level highly depended on the password construction policy. For the password construction process to be effective, both security and users' usability aspects should be considered.…”
Section: Password Construction: Security Vs Usability Strategiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A brute force attack considers all possible combinations of characters, numbers and symbols, thus it could be a very time consuming process compared to the dictionary attack. From an organization's point of view, constructing diverse, random passwords of minimum 8 characters, mixing upper case and lower case characters, numbers and symbols, could decrease the possibility of account compromisation (Payne and Edwards, 2008). Therefore, a high security level can be achieved.…”
Section: Password Construction: Security Vs Usability Strategiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…However, there are also great differences in the ways that the anti-virus software alerts users of viruses, which can also influence the users' satisfaction with the anti-virus software. Recently, some studies conducted by Edwards and his co-workers (Payne andEdwards 2008, Stoll et al 2008) also highlighted the importance to investigate how to better inform users of security accidents.…”
Section: Anti-virus Softwarementioning
confidence: 99%