Towards an Integration of Usability and Security for User Authentication

Computer security is one of the more important tasks currently in the digital world. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is little research for designing effective interfaces in the context of security management systems. Security problems for these systems include vulnerabilities due to hard to use systems and poor user interfaces due to security constraints. Nowadays, finding a good trade-off between security and usability is a challenge, mainly for user authentication services. This paper presents a systematic review about usability principles, evaluation methods and development processes for security systems. Moreover, a research approach to integrate usability and security for user authentication systems is proposed.