UK Research Institute in Science of Cyber Security

M. Angela Sasse is the Professor of Human-Centered Technology and Head of Information Security Research in the Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL), UK.  She is also the Director of the new Academic Centre of Excellence for Research in Cybersecurity at UCL (a distinction awarded by the UK Government Communications Headquarters).A usability researcher by training, she started investigating the causes and effects of usability issues with security mechanisms in 1996.  In addition to studying specific mechanisms such as passwords, biometrics, and access control, her research group has developed human-centered frameworks that explain the role of security, privacy, identity and trust in human interactions with technology. A list of projects and publications can be found at http://sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk/people/m_angela_sasse/.