Renaud, Karen ; Flowerday, Stephen ; Othmane, Lotfi Ben ; Volkamer, Melanie (2015)
"I Am Because We Are": Developing and Nurturing an African Digital Security Culture.
Konferenzveröffentlichung, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Technical solutions fail if people experience difficulties using them. Sometimes these difficulties force people to work around the security solutions in order to achieve legitimate goals. Improving usability undoubtedly helps, but this has not improved the situation as much as anticipated. In this paper we consider a variety of other reasons for non-uptake. We argue that this situation can only be addressed by considering the person as a member of the wider community and not as a solitary agent. This aligns with the traditional African wisdom of Ubuntu: “I am because we are”. We propose improving the African Digital Security Culture (ADSC): collective knowledge, common practices, and intuitive common security and privacy behaviour, in a particular society. We suggest a set of approaches for developing and sustaining ADSC in a society, for as members of a society we learn most effectively from each other, not from books, the media or by carrying out searches using search engines.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Konferenzveröffentlichung |
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| Erschienen: | 2015 |
| Autor(en): | Renaud, Karen ; Flowerday, Stephen ; Othmane, Lotfi Ben ; Volkamer, Melanie |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | "I Am Because We Are": Developing and Nurturing an African Digital Security Culture |
| Sprache: | Deutsch |
| Publikationsjahr: | November 2015 |
| Buchtitel: | African Cyber Citizenship Conference 2015 |
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| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Technical solutions fail if people experience difficulties using them. Sometimes these difficulties force people to work around the security solutions in order to achieve legitimate goals. Improving usability undoubtedly helps, but this has not improved the situation as much as anticipated. In this paper we consider a variety of other reasons for non-uptake. We argue that this situation can only be addressed by considering the person as a member of the wider community and not as a solitary agent. This aligns with the traditional African wisdom of Ubuntu: “I am because we are”. We propose improving the African Digital Security Culture (ADSC): collective knowledge, common practices, and intuitive common security and privacy behaviour, in a particular society. We suggest a set of approaches for developing and sustaining ADSC in a society, for as members of a society we learn most effectively from each other, not from books, the media or by carrying out searches using search engines. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | Security, Usability and Society;Secure Software Engineering Group;security culture, Society, Ubuntu |
| ID-Nummer: | TUD-CS-2015-1241 |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | LOEWE > LOEWE-Zentren > CASED – Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt 20 Fachbereich Informatik > SECUSO - Security, Usability and Society LOEWE > LOEWE-Zentren 20 Fachbereich Informatik LOEWE |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 30 Dez 2016 20:23 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 30 Mai 2018 12:53 |
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