Human-Centered Cybersecurity

About

What We Do
We conduct research at the intersection of cybersecurity, human factors, psychology, and human-computer interaction. Our goal is to provide actionable guidance for policymakers, system engineers, and security professionals so that they can incorporate usability and other user considerations into their cybersecurity decisions, processes, and products.  Ideally, this guidance should:

• Have a basis in real empirical data
• Create solutions that are secure in practice, not just in theory
• Take user needs and behavior into account
• Create an environment in which people feel empowered and engaged in cybersecurity
• Address people, process, and technology factors where appropriate

Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Usability, human factors, and cybersecurity are context-specific and influenced by a number of factors, such as the nature of the user population, organizational mission, and the specifications of the organization’s systems and cybersecurity measures themselves. Therefore, human-centered cybersecurity research requires a multi-disciplinary approach. To that end, our team consists of experts in various fields, including cybersecurity, computer science, human factors, human-computer interaction, and cognitive psychology.