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From Ivory Tower to Real World: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice in Human-Centered Cybersecurity

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Author(s)

Julie Haney

Abstract

Research insights critical to improving people's cybersecurity experiences and outcomes may not be integrated into practice, demonstrating the often-observed and dreaded "research-practice gap." This talk will describe recent NIST research efforts to understand current points and challenges of interactions and knowledge exchange between the cybersecurity practitioner and human-centered cybersecurity research communities. Discussion will include potential strategies to bridge the gap towards ensuring that human-centered cybersecurity research is relevant, accessible, and actionable for practitioners.

Keywords

cybersecurity, human-centered cybersecurity, human factors, research-practice gap

Citation

Haney, J. (2024), From Ivory Tower to Real World: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice in Human-Centered Cybersecurity, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957675 (Accessed October 4, 2024)

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Created March 21, 2024, Updated May 29, 2024