Guidelines for Designing IT Security Management Tools
An important factor that impacts the effectiveness of security systems within an organization is the usability of security management tools. In this paper, we present a survey of design guidelines for...
View ArticleTowards Improving Mental Models of Personal Firewall Users
Windows Vista’s personal firewall provides its diverse users with a basic interface that hides many operational details. However, our study of this interface revealed that concealing the impact of...
View ArticleUsability of Windows Vista Firewall: A Laboratory User Study
In this project we conducted a user study of Microsoft Windows Vista Firewall: a lab study followed by a questionnaire to evaluate the usability of Vista’s personal firewall. Our results show that the...
View ArticleA Usability Analysis of Microsoft Windows Vista’s Firewall
The usability of personal firewalls has not received a significant amount of attention in the literature. However, it is essential that these firewalls - which are used by the lay end-user to protect...
View ArticleRevealing Hidden Context: Improving Mental Models of Personal Firewall Users
The Windows Vista personal firewall provides its diverse users with a basic interface that hides many operational details. However, concealing the impact of network context on the security state of...
View ArticleRevealing Hidden Context: Improving Mental Models of Personal Firewall Users
The Windows Vista personal firewall provides its diverse users with a basic interface that hides many operational details. However, concealing the impact of network context on the security state of the...
View ArticleEffectiveness of IT Security Tools in Practice
In today's world, IT security plays a critical role in different organizations, yet little is known about IT security in the context of organizations. This paper addresses this issue based on...
View ArticleRevealing Hidden Context: Improving Users' Mental Models of Personal Firewalls
Windows Vista’s personal firewall provides its diverse users with a basic interface that hides many operational details. However, our study of this interface revealed that concealing the impact of...
View ArticleInvestigating an Appropriate Design for Personal Firewalls
Personal firewalls are an important aspect of security for home computer users, but little attention has been given to their usability. We conducted semi-structured interviews to understand...
View ArticleExpectations, Perceptions, and Misconceptions of Personal Firewalls
In this research, our goal is to better understand users' knowledge, expectations, perceptions, and misconceptions of personal firewalls. We conducted interviews with 30 participants and analyzed the...
View ArticleIt's Too Complicated, So I Turned It Off! Expectations, Perceptions, and...
Even though personal firewalls are an important aspect of security for the users of personal computers, little attention has been given to their usability. We conducted semi-structured interviews with...
View ArticlePromoting A Physical Security Mental Model For Personal Firewall Warnings
We used an iterative process to design personal firewall warnings in which the functionality of a firewall is visualized based on a physical security mental model. We performed a study to determine the...
View ArticleTowards Improving the Usability of Personal Firewalls
Even though personal firewalls are an important aspect of security for the users of personal computers, little attention has been given to their usability. An initial series of usability studies on the...
View ArticleA Brick Wall, a Locked Door, and a Bandit: A Physical Security Metaphor For...
We used an iterative process to design firewall warnings in which the functionality of a personal firewall is visualized based on a physical security metaphor. We performed a study to determine the...
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