Enhancing cyber situation awareness for Non-Expert Users using visual analytics

Legg, Phil

doi:10.1109/cybersa.2016.7503278

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“…In this paper, we extend our previous work (Legg, 2016) on the development of security visualizations specifically designed for non-expert users (NEU). We propose a framework called Enhanced Personal Situational Awareness (ePSA), that incorporates how data is collected, and how users interact with the interface for analyzing their activity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…From our previous work (Legg, 2016), it became apparent that NEUs may be inclined to take an active role in understanding cybersecurity if appropriate tools were available to better understand their cyber activity. As shown in Figure 2, the ePSA (Enhanced Personal Situation Awareness) tool is designed to collect, monitor, and visualize device activity across a complete network.…”

Section: Visual Analytics Design For Cyber Situation Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As shown in Figure 2, the ePSA (Enhanced Personal Situation Awareness) tool is designed to collect, monitor, and visualize device activity across a complete network. Whilst previously we describe the process of data collection, storage, and visualization (Legg, 2016) here we concentrate on primarily on the development of the visualization and how the visual design has been extended to fully support NEUs in better understanding network traffic analysis.…”

Section: Visual Analytics Design For Cyber Situation Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In our previous work (Legg, 2016), we conducted a small-scale user study to learn how NEUs perceive current cyber security when they are accessing online resources, and whether visualization and visual analytic tools could help users to become more proactive in monitoring their network environment. The feedback received was encouraging -many users feel that it is currently difficult to make sense of such data, or simply do not know where to start with this form of security -however, they felt that if appropriate tools were available then they would be more likely to monitor their activity in the future.…”

Section: Cyber Situation Awareness Of Non-expert Usersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We extend the ePSA framework (Legg, 2016) to consider the key factors of interest for conveying cyber situation awareness to NEUs, and we further develop the visual analytics design to better accommodate this additional information; We present two case studies of using the tool: the first shows how a malware incident can be identified, and the second shows how a home network can be monitored;…”

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Visual Analytics for Non-Expert Users in Cyber Situation Awareness

Legg¹

2016

IJCSA

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Situation awareness is often described as the perception and comprehension of the current situation, and the projection of future status. Whilst this may be well understood in an organisational cybersecurity context, there is a strong case to be made for effective cybersecurity situation awareness that is tailored to the needs of the Non-Expert User (NEU). Our online usage habits are rapidly evolving with smartphones and tablets being widely used to access resources online. In order for NEUs to remain safe online, there is a need to enhance awareness and understanding of cybersecurity concerns, such as how devices may be acting online, and what data is being shared between devices. In this paper, we extend our proposal of the Enhanced Personal Situation Awareness (ePSA) framework to consider the key details of cyber situation awareness that would be of concern to NEUs, and we consider how such information can be effectively conveyed using a visual analytic approach. We present the design of our visual analytics approach to show how this can represent the key details of cyber situation awareness whilst maintaining a simple and clean design scheme so as to not result in information-overload for the user. The guidance developed through the course of this work can help practitioners develop tools that could help NEUs better understand their online actions, with the aim of giving users greater control and safer experiences when their personal devices are acting online.

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