T-110.5220 Information Security and Usability P (3 cr)

Lectures


The course is lectured weekly (with some exceptions) on Tuesdays between January 18 and May 3, 2011. Attending the lectures is voluntary.

 

The responsible lecturer is Kristiina Karvonen.

 

Date
Week
Day
Time
Location
Topic
18 Jan 11 3 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Introduction to the course and to Usable Security
Introduction to the course and to the field of Usable Security
25 Jan 11 4 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Usable security: The origins
This lecture will present the three classic papers in Usable Security. Adams A and Sasse A: Users are not the enemy http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=322806 Whitten A and Tygar D: Why Johnny can't encrypt http://gaudior.net/alma/johnny.pdf Good, N. S. and Krekelberg, A. 2003. Usability and privacy: a study of Kazaa P2P file-sharing http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=642611.642636#
01 Feb 11 5 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Trust; essay topics presented
Trust is a key topic in Usable Security. This lecture will present the current status of research in this area. The topics for the essay will be given during this lecture. Student may choose from the given topics or present their own topic related to the course topics. The student needs to make the selection by Feb 8th and announce it to the lecturer by email.
08 Feb 11 6 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Privacy; essay topics selected
Privacy has become a hot topic fervently discussed on in relation to social media. This lecture will address these issues by presenting existing research on privacy. The students need to announce by this date their essay topic by email to the lecturer.
15 Feb 11 7 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 no lecture
22 Feb 11 8 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 no lecture
Skiing holidays
01 Mar 11 9 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 no lecture
This lecture will be held on 22.3.2011! It will cover usability issues related to recommender systems.
08 Mar 11 10 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 no lecture
exam week
15 Mar 11 11 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 no lecture
This lecture is rescheduled to 5.4.2011 The lecture will discuss security as an experience and how methods from the field of user experience can be used to study it.
22 Mar 11 12 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Recommendations and reputation
This lecture was rescheduled from 1.3. to 22.3.2011. The lecture will cover usability issues related to online recommender systems. The lecture is based on Karvonen, K, Shibasaki, S, Nunes, S, Kaur, P & Immonen, O: Visual Nudges for Enhancing the Use and Produce of Reputation Information. In the proceedings of the Workshop on User-Centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems and Their Interface (UCERSTI) at the 4th ACM Recommender Systems conference (RecSys 2010), September 26-30, Barcelona, Spain
29 Mar 11 13 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Usable security and cloud computing by Kaarina Karppinen, VTT
Researcher Kaarina Karppinen from VTT will give a talk on her recent work in the area of usable security and cloud computing.
05 Apr 11 14 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Cancelled: Security experience
Sorry: I'm ill :/ [The lecture will discuss security as an experience and how it can be studied with the methods provided by user experience field.]
12 Apr 11 15 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Online lecture (TBA): Usability and authentication
Passwords can be tricky for the end user. This lecture presents usability research on passwords and other passmeans. This lecture will be made available later, announced through news.
19 Apr 11 16 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Online lecture: Hot topics in usable security (TBA)
Hot topics in usable security. People and places relevant to usable security.
26 Apr 11 17 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Usable security in a security company 1: Tero Jantunen, Stonesoft
Representative from a security company will tell about usable security work in their company (Tero Jantunen, Stonesoft)
03 May 11 18 Wed 14:00-16:00 T2 Usable security in a security company 2: Ville Nore, F-Secure (last lecture)
Usability specialist Ville Nore from F-Secure will tell about how usable security is realised at F-Secure
06 May 11 18 Sat 00:01-23:59 email DL for essays
Deadline for returning essays. Extended to 6.5.2011
10 May 11 19 Wed 00:01-23:59 Noppa Essay results published
Essay results will be published. Your essay will be graded from 1-5 and the outcome will form 50% of your course grade. The other 50% will come from the exam grade.
13 May 11 19 Sat 09:00-12:00 Maari-B & Maari-E Final exam
The final exam will take place May 13, 2011 between 9-12 at computer rooms Maari-B and Maari-E. This is an open-book exam with Internet access provided also during the exam.
Updated 27 Apr 11 at 13:19