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Security and User Aspects in the Design of the Future Trusted Ambient Networked Systems

Authors:
Seppo Heikkinen
Kari Heikkinen
Sari Kinnari

Keywords: Ambient Networks, design, security, trust, user experience

Abstract:
Research visions of ambient computing promise seamless co-existence of technology and user in such a way that the environment adapts to user context. This adaptivity also means more extensive information disclosure, hence the security concerns become paramount. While new architectures should be able to provide security as a basic feature, they also need to take into account the way users behave and experience the system, as users are not likely to be interested in technical details and configurations, but instead in the added value they can get. Thus, if the users find the system too complex to use, they might find it hard to trust and not adopt it. Therefore, usability and user experience issues have to be considered tightly along with security and they need to be in the design process right from the start. In this article we discuss how security and user design aspects within the ubiquitous future environment can be used to enhance both the security and user experience in the creation of the trusted communication services.

Pages: 156 to 170

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2009. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 1, 2009

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2636