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Cybersecurity Insights

a NIST blog

Jody Jacobs

Learning, Sharing, and Exploring with NIST’s New Human-Centered Cybersecurity Community of Interest

September 4, 2024

Human-centered cybersecurity (also known as ‘usable security’) involves the social, organizational, and technological influences on people’s understanding of

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 Blog Series | Recognizing and Reporting Phishing

October 24, 2023

During this week’s blog series, we sat down with two of our NIST experts from the Visualization and Usability Group at NIST — Shanée Dawkins and Jody Jacobs —

NIST Unveils Newly Named Human-Centered Cybersecurity Program

September 28, 2023

The Human-Centered Cybersecurity program (formerly Usable Cybersecurity) is part of the Visualization and Usability Group at NIST. It was created in 2008, but