Usability issues in security

Authors:
Yuko Murayama;Yasuhiro Fujihara;Yoshia Saito;Dai Nishioka
Affiliations:
Graduate School of Software and Information Science, Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa-mura, Iwate, Japan;The Medical Department, Hyogo College of Medicine, Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan;Graduate School of Software and Information Science, Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa-mura, Iwate, Japan;Graduate School of Software and Information Science, Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa-mura, Iwate, Japan
Venue:
SP'12 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Security Protocols
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Usability issues in security have been discussed such that users could use the security tools easier. On contrary we presume another aspect of usability issues in security; an interface which causes a slight disturbance and discomfort so that a user would be aware of security threats and risks. The idea is that we should not feel Anshin to be secure. Anshin is a Japanese indicating the sense of security. We need a risk-aware interface to notice an insecure situation so that we would install security countermeasures. It is a warning interface for the insecure situations. We show how we could implement such an interface in a mail system to prevent users from sending email messages to incorrect destination addresses.