Security conference at Carnegie-Mellon focuses on usability

The  second Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) takes place July 12-14 at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Titles of talks at the conference include:

* Exploiting usability: Client side penetration testing;

* Interface Designs to help users choose better passwords; and

* A COMPARISON OF PERCEIVED AND REAL SHOULDER-SURFING RISKS BETWEEN ALPHANUMERIC AND GRAPHICAL PASSWORDS

  Bob Brown, bbrown@nww.com