TIGER TEAMS Design Competition
For more information about the 2006-2007 Tiger Teams Student Design Competition, visit the Tiger Teams web site. The 2005 winning teams were:
Click and Drag Security: Conveying Computer Process Concepts Through Desktop Metaphor Extensions
Craig Tashman, Jennifer Stoll
Threat Awareness, Learning, and Control (TALC)
Kandha Sankarapandian, Travis Little
Bonfire: Using Hash Visualizations and Social Navigation to Improve Firewall Usability
Jeremy Goecks, Chris Lee
Tiger teamS competition receives symantec support
ATLANTA (July 21, 2006)--The College of Computing's "Tiger Team" student design competition takes an innovative and collaborative approach to solving the problems of usable security. The Graphics, Visualization & Usability (GVU) Center and the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) have co-sponsored the event in which two-person student teams--including one security person and one usability person--identify both a compelling problem in usable security and a solution to that problem. A panel of judges then rates the student proposals, and the winning teams receive funding to implement their projects over the next year, working alongside faculty and industrial sponsors.
Symantec, a global leader in information security and availability, recently agreed to sponsor a College of Computing team through a $50,000 gift in next year's usable security "Tiger Team" competition. Company representatives will be involved in the judging process and mentoring selected teams. Symantec will also be joining the industrial affiliate programs of both GTISC and the GVU Center.
TIGER TEAMS ANNOUNCEMENT
GVU and GTISC are pleased to announce the 2005 winners of our Usable Security Student Design Competition. We got a number of outstanding proposals from students, and the selection process was as difficult as we'd expected. From the submitted proposals we have selected three teams as the winners:
Click and Drag Security: Conveying Computer Process Concepts Through Desktop Metaphor Extensions
Craig Tashman, Jennifer Stoll
This proposal will rework the desktop metaphor to expose concepts necessary for users to understand the inner security workings of their computers, but which are currently hidden. This new desktop interface will convey the relationships of system components, and aspects of system state, that are required for users to make good security decisions.
Threat Awareness, Learning, and Control (TALC)
Kandha Sankarapandian, Travis Little
TALC is a system that will allow users to make well-informed decisions about their own system security. It provides awareness and visualization of threat state, macro-based control over security parameters, and a community-derived knowledge base to support learning about security decisions.
Bonfire: Using Hash Visualizations and Social Navigation to Improve Firewall Usability
Jeremy Goecks, Chris Lee
This proposal seeks to improve firewall usability through two mechanisms. First, a novel hash visualization technique will help users ensure the integrity of downloaded software; second, a social navigation mechanism will help users make informed decisions about firewall configuration, based on using lightweight collaboration among users.
The faculty review panel felt that each of these projects combined novel security and HCI research, and has the potential for significant impact.