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Human-Centered Security: How to Design Systems That Are Both Safe and Usable
In our interconnected world, we face a complex cybersecurity ecosystem where digital vulnerabilities can have far-reaching consequences. Threats to digital infrastructure often impact critical physical systems, potentially causing real-world harm. With AI agents set to handle extensive personal information, data security and privacy are more crucial than ever.
Human-Centered Security targets professionals designing digital products that handle sensitive UX designers, engineers, and product managers. It's also for those responsible for securing organizational data and security engineers, CISOs, CIOs, and teams focused on risk management, legal, privacy, and compliance.
These professionals influence security-related behaviors and possess deep knowledge of threats to their products or organizations. This places a significant responsibility on them to design resilient systems that encourage safer outcomes.
This book will help you focus on areas of the user experience where security impacts users the most; understand the dynamics of the security ecosystem; find your security UX allies; ask better questions when talking to your cross-disciplinary team; and more.
Human-Centered Security targets professionals designing digital products that handle sensitive UX designers, engineers, and product managers. It's also for those responsible for securing organizational data and security engineers, CISOs, CIOs, and teams focused on risk management, legal, privacy, and compliance.
These professionals influence security-related behaviors and possess deep knowledge of threats to their products or organizations. This places a significant responsibility on them to design resilient systems that encourage safer outcomes.
This book will help you focus on areas of the user experience where security impacts users the most; understand the dynamics of the security ecosystem; find your security UX allies; ask better questions when talking to your cross-disciplinary team; and more.
160 pages, Paperback
Published December 10, 2024
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February 22, 2025
This is a must-read for UX designers, researchers, and anyone involved in building secure digital experiences.
Instead of blaming users for security failures, this book shifts the focus to designing systems that align with human behavior – not against it. Trost masterfully weaves security insights into user research, emphasizing that security isn't a separate effort but an integral part of the entire experience.
Key takeaways:
- Security should be embedded in UX research, just like accessibility.
- UX professionals have the power to build trust – or break it.
- We don't have to have all the answers, but we must ask the right questions.
- Real-world scenarios and examples make these insights actionable.
Full disclosure: I read an early version, but I still devoured this one! Packed with digestible chapters and practical frameworks, Human-Centered Security is a valuable resource for balancing user needs with business goals while fostering trust and usability.
Highly recommended for UX, security, and tech professionals!
Instead of blaming users for security failures, this book shifts the focus to designing systems that align with human behavior – not against it. Trost masterfully weaves security insights into user research, emphasizing that security isn't a separate effort but an integral part of the entire experience.
Key takeaways:
- Security should be embedded in UX research, just like accessibility.
- UX professionals have the power to build trust – or break it.
- We don't have to have all the answers, but we must ask the right questions.
- Real-world scenarios and examples make these insights actionable.
Full disclosure: I read an early version, but I still devoured this one! Packed with digestible chapters and practical frameworks, Human-Centered Security is a valuable resource for balancing user needs with business goals while fostering trust and usability.
Highly recommended for UX, security, and tech professionals!
August 28, 2025
This book, while well intended, was not intended for me. This is a great book for a novice in both UX and security (think 2FA). The descriptions and examples provided were for true beginners (and often times repetitive through each chapter). I found the author heavily relied and referenced others work and ideas versus developing and describing her own.
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