Characterizing user behavior and anticipating its effects on computer security with a Security Behavior Observatory - April 2023
PI(s), Co-PI(s), Researchers:
Lorrie Cranor, Nicolas Christin
Researchers: Sarah Pearman, Jeremy Thomas
HARD PROBLEM(S) ADDRESSED
This refers to Hard Problems, released November 2012.
The Security Behavior Observatory addresses the hard problem of "Understanding and Accounting for Human Behavior" by collecting data directly from people's own home computers, thereby capturing people's computing behavior "in the wild". This data is the closest to the ground truth of the users' everyday security and privacy challenges that the research community has ever collected. We expect the insights discovered by analyzing this data will profoundly impact multiple research domains, including but not limited to behavioral sciences, computer security & privacy, economics, and human-computer interaction.
PUBLICATIONS
N/A this quarter
PUBLIC ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS
The SBO addresses the hard problem of "Understanding and Accounting for Human Behavior" by collecting data directly from people's own home computers, thereby capturing people's computing behavior "in the wild."
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL ADVANCES (If Applicable)