Thesis Details
Relevance of Usable Security Guidelines from IT Professional Point of View
Balancing the security and usability has always been a challenge. Despite the importance of securing software, the security guidelines and standards are often too complicated, prone to error or time consuming. This non-equilibrium initiated the creation of the term usable security. For years it has been a common research problem. While the software should be developed with usability considerations of end users, security standards and guidelines used by IT professionals are not often given enough attention from the usability perspective. As the experts in the IT field are expected to have a higher level of knowledge, they often face very complex areas when trying to be compliant to particular security standard or follow specific guideline. This work introduces the study of current awareness in area of usable security. The work consists of carried out survey, analysis of the existing usable security guidelines and proposes a educational aid in order to address the issues raised by the research. The evaluation of the education aid showed a positive impact on the IT professionals awareness.
usability, security, usable security, authentication, encryption, privacy
Hrubý Martin, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS FIT BUT), člen
Janoušek Vladimír, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DITS FIT BUT), člen
Malinka Kamil, Mgr., Ph.D. (DITS FIT BUT), člen
Očenášek Pavel, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS FIT BUT), člen
Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (DCGM FIT BUT), člen
@mastersthesis{FITMT24001,
author = "Katar\'{i}na Galansk\'{a}",
type = "Master's thesis",
title = "Relevance of Usable Security Guidelines from IT Professional Point of View",
school = "Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technology",
year = 2021,
location = "Brno, CZ",
language = "english",
url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/study/thesis/24001/"
}