MySecureCyberspace Web Portal

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Andrew Biggadike, Leonardo Boulton, Adam
Cecchetti, Benoit Durandeux, Ugo Enyioha,
Vishakha Gupta, Barry Hon, Boris Jabes, Ankur
Jindal, Bruce Kao, Gregor Kronenberger, Patrick
Lanigan, Will Lawrence, Jed Mitten, Terry Zhu,
Dena Haritos Tsamitis, Anna Maria Berta, John
Dolan
Motivation
Approach

• Support national cybersecurity strategy
• Meet home Internet users need for threat
  awareness and protective measures
• Address scattered and too-technical nature of
  much cybersecurity information on the Web
• Make CMU, INI, and CyLab expertise widely
  available to general users

• Provide web-based focal point for home computer
  security
• Tailor home computer security information to user
  needs and circumstances
• Partner with key computer security information
  providers
• Use innovative human-computer interaction
  paradigms

MySecureCyberspace Web Portal

• A user seeking computer security information
  selects the category and environment, and can
  toggle between basic and advanced levels,
  depending on needs and technical background.
• The three-axis figure below depicts this content
  organization. Each piece of content in this
  space contains
• a description,
• a list of links to threats,
• a discussion of ethical, legal, and privacy
  issues,
• useful and reference links.
• Each threat link gives details on individual
  threats, including associated protective measures
  (Practices, Settings, and Tools).

Different types of content Besides the content
organized according to the 3 axes, the portal
provides

• Encyclopedia of technical vocabulary and
  concepts
• RSS feeds to provide fresh news from trusted
  entities (Microsoft, Trend Micro, CERT)
• Customized alerts for mobile devices
• Use Cases that describe some common situations
• A game for children to reinforce principles of
  safe and responsible online behaviors