Program Overview

Program Overview

The Praktikum Benutzbare Sicherheit is a university program that focuses on designing systems for security-critical contexts that are both secure and usable.

Course Description

The objective of this course is to learn how systems can be designed for security-critical contexts that are both secure and usable at the same time -

• • The course consists of two parts: a theoretical part and a practical part. In the theoretical part, participants will be introduced to different topics of usable security and privacy, including an overview of security and privacy mechanisms, threat modeling, and mental models. Furthermore, this part will cover different application areas, such as passwords, authentication, security warnings, and social engineering.
• The practical part will focus on user-centered design techniques that allow for creating novel privacy and security mechanisms. In small groups, participants will initially create concepts for novel mechanisms. In the following, participants will then build prototypes and evaluate these in user studies regarding security and usability.

Course Details

• Time: Tuesday, 2pm - 4:15pm
• Start Date: 12.04.2022 (for UniBW students), TBA for LMU students
• Location: Research Institute CODE, Carl-Wery-Stra絽 18, room 0812
• Note: We expect around 25 participants and reserved a room with capacity for 80 to maintain minimum distance. Wearing face masks is recommended (though not obligatory if maintaining distance).

Department and Lecturers

• Department: Institut f僡 Informatik
• Lecturers:
  • Lukas Mecke
  • Sarah Prange

Application Instructions

In your application, please provide the following information:

• Rate (1=no experience, 5=expert) and briefly describe any relevant expertise in the following areas (e.g., from other courses, theses, or projects): hardware prototyping, security/privacy, concept development, evaluation
• Write a short paragraph (max. 150 words) describing your motivation to participate in this course.

Course Material

Course material is only accessible to members of the course, e.g., for participants, tutors, correctors, or administrators.

Exams

• Name: Ergebnisse
• Register from: Not specified
• Register to: Not specified
• Time: Not specified
• Exam registration: Not registered for the exam

Additional Information

This year, the course will evolve around creating novel tangible user interfaces for privacy and security. This is a joint course with the CODE Research Institute for Cyber Defense in Neuperlach S㥣. The location can be easily reached with U5 from Odeonsplatz (appr. 20 minutes).