Successful Security Needs a Streamlined UX - Benedek Gagyi - ASW #278

Application Security Weekly (Audio)

One of the biggest failures in appsec is an attitude that blames users for security problems. A lot of processes and workflows break down because of an insecure design or insecure defaults. Benedek Gagyi chats with us about the impact of the user experience (UX) on security and why it's not only important to understand how to make a user's life easier, but in defining who that user is in the first place.

Segment resources:

• https://www.usenix.org/conference/8th-usenix-security-symposium/why-johnny-cant-encrypt-usability-evaluation-pgp-50

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-278