Usability

I haven’t written about Apple’s Lockdown Mode yet, mostly because I haven’t delved into the details. This is how Apple describes it: Lockdown Mode offers an extreme, optional level of security for ...

SIM hijacking -- or SIM swapping -- is an attack where a fraudster contacts your cell phone provider and convinces them to switch your account to a phone that they control. Since ...

Using NAC, organizations no longer have to choose between security or usability on their networks It’s easy to assume that making something more secure automatically makes it more difficult to use. After ...

I was online chatting at a web site to repair my lawn tractor. Once I finished, I said, “So you’re a chatbot. Cool.” I’m sure I was talking to a chatbot program ...

I want to talk about the age old trade off between the simplicity of a website or app, versus the level of friction, restriction and inhibition associated with applying security controls. There ...

A few years ago I moved my private library to the cloud. It uses Calibre to catalog my books, and the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) to provide an Internet-capable catalog. OPDS ...

Secure Ideas is currently working on a revamp and redesign of our website and client portal, to promote a better user experience for our clients. Since a lot of our infrastructure is ...

Below you can find a version of the talk that I just gave at the European Identity Conference and at Identiverse talking about what I consider to be the missing element in ...

Apple is rolling out an iOS security usability feature called Security code AutoFill. The basic idea is that the OS scans incoming SMS messages for security codes and suggests them in AutoFill, ...

Oracle Support is upgrading their web interface from Flash to HTML5. I’m happy. I no longer have to twiddle my thumbs waiting for Flash to load:That was really annoying. The consolation prize ...