- From: Mary Ellen Zurko <Mary_Ellen_Zurko@notesdev.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:46:09 -0400
- To: public-wsc-wg@w3.org
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I propose the following change to the intro of section 10: Making security usable is still a nascent area for research [Security and Usability]. Research incorporating usable security goes back to "The Protection of Information in Computer Systems" by Saltzer and Schroeder, in 1975. There are no worked examples of formal standards from standards making bodies of usable security to emulate. There are a limited number of worked examples in deployed products to learn from. There are a larger number of attempts with unclear results to learn from. We have yet to get widely-applicable satisfactory answers to basic questions on usable security. Consequently, this Working Group's recommendations will necessarily contain more innovation than might a traditional standards effort. This section details the process the Working Group will employ to mitigate the significant perils of innovation in a standards effort. Mez Mary Ellen Zurko, STSM, IBM Lotus CTO Office (t/l 333-6389) Lotus/WPLC Security Strategy and Patent Innovation Architect
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