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

Lectures


The course is lectured weekly (excluding weeks 10 and 13) on Fridays between January 22 and May 7, 2010. Attending the lectures is voluntary.

 

The responsible lecturer is Kristiina Karvonen. There are also visiting lectures in the IV period by:

Ville Nore, Usability Specialist, F-Secure

Maria-Helena Markkula, User Experience Manager, F-Secure

Andreas Heiner, Principal scientist (Usable security), Nokia

Olli Immonen, Researcher, Nokia

Laura Turkki, Usability specialist, Nordea

 

The actual order of lectures may change to some extent.

 

Date
Week
Day
Time
Location
Topic
22 Jan 10 3 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Introduction to the course and to Usable Security
29 Jan 10 4 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 *Postponed to later in the spring *Usable security: The origins
05 Feb 10 5 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 What we mean when we talk about trust
12 Feb 10 6 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Privacy and publicity - a changing world + first assignment
First assignment + Privacy lecture slides
19 Feb 10 7 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Usable Security: The Origins
The three classical studies in usable security (files accessible at least from campus network) 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#
26 Feb 10 8 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 2nd assignment
2nd assignment: Redesign privacy management at Facebook (Moved to later in spring: Usable security management - what is it and how to create it?)
05 Mar 10 9 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 No lecture
19 Mar 10 11 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Guest lecture moved to 30.4.; instead, analysis of 1st assignment answers
26 Mar 10 12 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Usable security - case studies (guest lecture moved to 23.4.)
The guest lecture of Andreas Heiner from Nokia moved to 23.4.; instead, KK will present some case studies of how to create usable security.
09 Apr 10 14 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Guest lecture: Laura Turkki, Nordea
16 Apr 10 15 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Guest lecture: Olli Immonen, Nokia
23 Apr 10 16 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Guest lecture: Andreas Heiner
Principal Scientist, Dr. Andreas Heiner from Nokia will give a guest lecture with the title "Local authentication for mobile devices"
30 Apr 10 17 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Guest lecture: Ville Nore&Maria-Helena Markkula, F-Secure
07 May 10 18 Sat 12.00-14.00 T5 Where do we go from here - the new topics in usable security
New topics in usable security. People and places relevant to usable security.
Updated 12 May 10 at 17:57