Program Overview

Practical Course Usable Security

Overview

The Practical Course Usable Security is a comprehensive program designed to explore the design, implementation, and impact of user interfaces that enhance security behavior. This course aims to facilitate the transition of users from cybersecurity awareness to the habituation of secure practices.

Course Details

• Lecturer: Prof. Florian Alt
• Persons in Charge: Doruntina Murtezaj, Dr. Viktorija Paneva
• Hours per week: 4
• ECTS credits: 6 (MSc)
• Module: Vertiefende Themen: P 1, P 2, WP 9, WP 12, WP 15, WP 26, WP 27 (MA INF PStO 2022); P 1, P 3, P 5, WP 3, WP 9 (MA MI PStO 2022); P 6, P 9, WP 3, WP 6 (MA MCI PStO 2022); WP 48, WP 51, WP 52 (BA INF PStO 2022); WP 26, WP 29, WP 30 (BA MI PStO 2022)

Theme

Designing Interactive Public Security User Interfaces for Promoting Secure Behavior

Curriculum

The course consists of two parts: a theoretical part introducing different topics of usable security and privacy, and a practical part focusing on user-centered design techniques for creating novel public security user interfaces. Participants will create concepts for novel interfaces, build prototypes, and evaluate these in user studies regarding security and usability.

Schedule

• Termine: Dienstag, 14-16 Uhr c.t.
• Ort: Frauenlobstr. 7A, Raum 257
  • Date | Task
    • 06.05.2025 | Introduction & Research Examples
    • 13.05.2025 | Individual Concept Pitches (90 seconds) + Forming Groups
    • 20.05.2025 | Concept Presentations in Teams (Slides, Timeline)
    • 03.06.2025 | Prototype Presentation (Slides)
    • 17.06.2025 | Intermediate Presentation 1 (Slides, Implementation)
    • 01.07.2025 | Intermediate Presentation 2 (Slides, Implementation)
    • 15.07.2025 | Final Presentations (Slides, Demo)
    • 30.07.2025 | Written Report

Grading

The grade is based on a presentation and a term paper.

• The presentation must last 10 to 20 minutes.
• The term paper, using the LaTeX template, must contain 20,000 to 30,000 characters.