Usable Security Versus Secure Usability: an Assessment of Attributes Interaction
Oleksandr Gordieiev, Vyacheslav Serhiiovych Kharchenko, Kate Vereshchak · 2017
Attributes of information systems quality described in standard ISO/IEC25010 (2010) are analyzed. Some of them are contradictory, dependent and competing. One of the most competing characteristics are usability and security (U&S). The article considers two main aspects of U&S interaction called “usable security” and “secure usability”. The technique of qualitative assessment of the U&S interaction based on analysis of subcharacteristics and metrics is suggested. An example of the technique application to assess U&S interaction for university web-site is discussed.