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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Usable Security by University of Maryland, College Park

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About the Course

This course focuses on how to design and build secure systems with a human-centric focus. We will look at basic principles of human-computer interaction, and apply these insights to the design of secure systems with the goal of developing security measures that respect human performance and their goals within a system....

Top reviews

IR

Jun 20, 2016

I like how in depth this gets. it explains it very well an in ways for people who are starting off in this field to get a basic understanding in exactly what we are learning. very well put together!

DG

Jun 28, 2016

Despite not being very fond of areas such as human-computer interaction, I found this course to be well-presented and useful. Definitely a necessity for anyone planning on building secure software.

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By Sjir B

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Feb 15, 2018

I enjoyed this course much, the teacher was great at explaining the topic and in a fun way.

By Abraam E B N

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Dec 12, 2017

Great course which gave me a lot of insights about usability of systems and its importance.

By JAIRO A L O

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Oct 22, 2020

Excellent course, very instructive and goes straight to the root of the problem in design.

By RAVI K G

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Sep 4, 2021

Very useful for our security do learn .Thanks for University Of Maryland to proveding me.

By Mohd N B B

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Sep 18, 2019

I learnt a lot of new things. Totally improve my understanding about the course subjects.

By Gabrial Z A

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Aug 13, 2019

Great lecture on usable security, Now thinking of how to help educate everyone around me

By Varun S

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Jun 3, 2019

The course was really helpful and it gave really good insights and perspectives to learn.

By Harpreet D

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Nov 19, 2017

Course is very well outlined and allows for learning at a relatively quick pace and ease.

By Shashank K T

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Mar 9, 2020

Excellent information and explanation. Multiple used cases makes the course interesting.

By Tulasi S S A

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Sep 25, 2016

Wonderful concepts presented beautifully. If every software developer take this course;

By Muhammad S I

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Jun 14, 2023

The course is great and covers many aspects of usable security applicable in real life.

By Julian, K

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Oct 29, 2020

I personally found this course helpful and easy to grasp. I would recommend it. Thanks!

By Alex T

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Feb 1, 2020

good review of considerations in UI and process design for authentication, privacy etc

By Nicholas P

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Jun 14, 2018

Provides the human interactive approach to security, often not thought of in practice.

By Neeraj R S

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Sep 2, 2021

The course content was perfect but the course slides, and videos need to be updated.

By Luis L

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Aug 25, 2016

Good explanations and detailed. Interesant concepts, developed in a comfortable way.

By Redwan A N

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Sep 30, 2019

I would love to work with Jennifer Golbeck in her lab for my P.h.D. Simply Awesome!

By UzO R

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Jun 14, 2022

the course in total is fantastic now will try to finish the remainig certificates

By Abhijeet K

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Apr 25, 2021

Awesome Course!! The way instructor teaches about usable security is just awesome.

By Fabianna G M

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Apr 23, 2017

Great course, I loved the examples and video of practices throughout the learning!

By Swapnil L G

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Sep 3, 2020

Using my Quarantine time with the Coursera is really a great experience

Thank you

By Periyasamy M

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Sep 1, 2020

Very informative, and helped me to understand the users' perspective of security.

By Rudolph R

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Sep 23, 2018

very easy to learn and the videos and audio are both clear and easy to understand

By Aman K

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Oct 21, 2020

Its very clear and the instructer is best. She explained every topic efficiently

By Panagiotis F

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Nov 6, 2016

Excellent introductory course for increasing your usability and security in soft