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The NIST Usability Group: Championing the Human in IT

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Author(s)

Shanee Dawkins

Abstract

Presentation gives an overview of the NIST Usability Group and highlights its major research programs. A closer look into the PSCR usability project and the NIST Phish Scale phishing project is also provided.

Keywords

usability, human factors, vug, public safety, phishing, usable cybersecurity

Citation

Dawkins, S. (2021), The NIST Usability Group: Championing the Human in IT, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933701 (Accessed October 6, 2025)

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Created November 2, 2021, Updated November 29, 2022
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