Event: Beyond ‘Usable Security’ - M. Angela Sasse
Beyond "usable security": how to manage the human element in security – M. Angela Sasse, Professor of Human-Centred Technology, University College London
Research in usable security commenced 10 years ago, when it was found that many users make mistakes using security tools, or shortcut difficult and cumbersome security procedures. But is "making it easy for users to do the right thing" sufficient to ensure that users comply with security policies? I will argue that it is not. To design effective security design and operation, we must look at a bigger picture of managing human behaviour in organisations. The loss of 7 million UK citizens' data has reminded us that human error needs to be seen in the context of latent failures in the systems and procedures. Traditional security models do not fit the requirements of modern, global data-dependent organisations. Usability professionals will have a key role in improving this: we need better understanding of security requirements, more stakeholder involvement, better security awareness, education and training programs, and to include security goals in psychological contracts and reward schemes.
Location, Time and registration:
Meeting date: January 24th 2008
Time: 6.30pm for 6.45pm.
Venue: LBi, 1 Naoroji Street, London WC1X 0JD
To register for the UPA event, please email: Claudia Foster c.m.foster [at] lboro.ac.uk and Martin Maguire m.c.maguire [at] lboro.ac.uk. Give your name and affiliation and state whether you are a UPA member or not.
There is no charge for UPA members. For non-members the cost is £10, and for student non-members it is £5. This is payable by cash or cheque at the door.
Directions to LBi:
From Angel tube station (about 15 minutes on foot). On emerging from Angel station, turn immediately left, and walk to the crossroads. Take a right turn at the crossroads down Pentonville Road. Continue along Pentonville Road, and take the second turn on the left into Claremont Square (be careful, the first and second turns on the left are called Claremont Square - you should take the second one.) Continue straight on as the road becomes Amwell Street, and continue down the hill, past three right turns, until you reach a fourth right turn called Margery Street. (If you come to a t-junction with Rosebery Avenue, you've gone too far.) Turn right, and Naoroji Street is immediately on your right. The building is the large cream one on the left.
From Kings Cross tube and rail stations (about 15 minutes on foot). Follow the signs to the Thameslink station on Pentonville Road. With the Thameslink station behind you, turn right along Pentonville Road, and follow the right hand fork in the road (Kings Cross Road). Keep going along Kings Cross Road, until you reach the Thistle Hotel on your left. Cross the road to the left hand side and keep following Kings Cross road. Soon you will reach Margery Street which has a brown cafe on the corner and a Holiday Inn on the opposite side of Kings Cross road. Continue up Margery Street and Naoroji Street is the second left. The building is the large cream one on the left.
From Farringdon tube and rail stations (about 20 minutes on foot). On leaving the
station, turn right along Cowcross Street and then right again onto Farringdon Road. Continue along Farringdon Road, crossing over Clerkenwell Road at the first set of traffic lights (Yo Sushi is on the corner of this set), until you reach a crossroads with Rosebery Avenue. Mount Pleasant Post Office is on this crossroads. Turn right onto Rosebery Avenue, continue past the traffic lights, and take a left turn into Amwell Street. The second left off Amwell Street is Margery Street, and from there Naoroji Street is the first turning on the right. The building is the large cream one on the left.