• DocumentCode
    1210166
  • Title

    Useful Computer Security

  • Author

    Churchill, Elizabeth ; Nelson, Les ; Smetters, Diana K.

  • Author_Institution
    Yahoo! Research
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    Usability is a growing concern in designing systems and applications that operate securely. Most usability work has focused on improving user interfaces, but security is systemic, and negotiating, instituting, and maintaining real-world security procedures and practices is an organizational and social activity.
  • Keywords
    Computer security; Costs; Data security; Facebook; Information security; Internet; MySpace; Protection; Social network services; Usability; secure user interfaces; security; social computing; usability; useful security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2008.67
  • Filename
    4510875