Phishing Defenses
Phishing behaviors, as observed in the wild.
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Posts in category "usability"
Usable Security and Privacy for Engineers
The new IEEE S+P is all about usable security.
Fast, Cheap and Good, Redux
A new paper on how fast, cheap and good can combine into something we usually discount.
Usable Security Matters
Usable security matters
Authentic Thoughts About What Can Go Wrong
Threat modeling doesn't need to be big and complex
Fast, Cheap + Good Whitepaper
Threat modeling doesn't need to be a slow, heavyweight activity!
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Making it easier to check feed updates
Threat Model Thursday: Technology Consumers
“It depends on your threat model...”
Stencils and Sketch Books
Going beyond the whiteboard.
Elevation of Privilege In The Time of Cholera
How to play in person games while maintaining safe distances.
Better Taught Than Caught!
Informal training may work in some cases, but Threat Modeling skills should be passed on through more formal means.
Contextualisation of Data Flow Diagrams...
Contextualisation of Data Flow Diagrams for security analysis is a new paper to which I contributed.
Answering 'What Are We Working On' When Remote
How do we replace the in-person whiteboard sessions essential to Threat Modeling when we are distanced and working remotely?
Threat Modeling with Questionnaires
This post comes from a conversation I had on Linkedin with Clint Gibler.
Passwords Advice
Bruse Marshall has put together a useful comparison of password requirements from OWASP ASVS v3 and v4.
Polymorphic Warnings On My Mind
The more we see it, the more we ignore it.
Promoting Threat Modeling Work
Some thoughts on promoting others’ threat modeling work.
The White Box Essays (Book Review)
A resource for those developing games.
Incentives and Multifactor Authentication
What if we gamified security?
Pivots and Payloads
A new game from SANS for understanding pen test methodology, tactics, and tools.
John Harrison's Struggle Continues
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BlackHat and Human Factors
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“The Readability Of Scientific Texts Is Decreasing Over Time”
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Interesting Monday Reads
Each of these is long and thought-provoking and worth savoring.
“Comparing the Usability of Cryptographic APIs”
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How Not to Design an Error Message
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People are The Weakest Link In Security?
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