Human Factors in Security and Privacy

Spring 2021

Spring 2022

DESCRIPTION

This course has three goals:

  • To learn about a variety of topics at the intersection of human behavior and security/privacy. We’ll read important papers covering authentication, access control, tools for encryption and anonymity, privacy and social networks, safety-critical devices, mobile and browser security, etc.
  • To learn how to apply HCI methods to design and conduct human subjects experiments for security and privacy.
  • To design, conduct, and report on a small human-subjects study as a semester-long small-group project.