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usable security: a standalone construct

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Computer security

the study of how security mechanisms fit users' abilities and work, treating poor usability as a cause of insecure behavior.

In computer security, usable security refers to the study of how security mechanisms fit users' abilities and work, treating poor usability as a cause of insecure behavior. This meaning comes from Adams (1999) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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References

Adams, A., & Sasse, M. A. (1999). Users are not the enemy. Communications of the ACM, 42(12), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1145/322796.322806

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