Security lessons learned building concept apps for webinos.

Faily, Shamal; Lyle, John

Abstract

Concept applications provide a means for tackling security infrastructure problems. Not only do they provide feedback to infrastructure design, they can also inform subsequent research activities. However, to directly influence the architectural design of infrastructure, designers need to engage in the engineering of apps, rather than just their broad design. By doing so, additional problems can be identified that might otherwise be missed using human-centered design alone. In this paper, we describe four security lessons learned from engineering the Kids in Focus concept app for the EU FP 7 webinos project. These illustrate how detailed design activities can highlight broader infrastructure problems that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.

Citation

FAILY, S. and LYLE, J. 2013. Security lessons learned building concept apps for webinos. Presented at the Human aspects in mobile apps engineering workshop (HAMAE 2013), part of the 27th International BCS human computer interaction conference (HCI 2013): the Internet of Things, 9 September 2013, London, UK.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Human aspects in mobile apps engineering workshop (HAMAE 2013), part of the 27th International BCS human computer interaction conference (HCI 2013): the Internet of Things
• Start Date: Sep 9, 2013
• Deposit Date: Dec 10, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 10, 2021
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Systems security; Access and authorisation; Mobile applications; Mobile devices; Software engineering; User-centred design; User personas
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1427787