Title: Usability Vs. Security: Finding The Right Balance In Enterprise App Development
1USABILITY VS. SECURITY FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE
IN ENTERPRISE APP DEVELOPMENT
- Security need not be a compromise on usability!
2Overview
- The importance of security cannot be overlooked
by an enterprise application development company
as the scale of data breaches reported year by
year have been staggering. - This in turn raises a concern for developers that
security does not get in the way of usability and
hinder app performance. - Now, how to make usability and security go hand
in hand? - Before digging deeper, lets find out if security
really impedes usability?
3Does security impedes usability?
- Well, the inherent conflict between usability and
security does flourish at the workplace with
users longing for ease of use while systems
owners desiring comprehensive security. - As security is mostly added at the end of
development, it limits access to applications and
also obstructs usability. - Balancing security with usability might seem like
an endless pursuit, still finding a balance
between these two important factors is necessary.
- Consider having security and usability
specialists in the development team, you might be
able to find a balance in the security-usability
spectrum.
4How to make usability and security go
hand-in-hand?
- As per the definition in the ISO 9421-11,
usability is the extent to which a product can
be used by specified users to achieve specific
goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and
satisfaction in a specified context of use. - Heres seven key pointers to help you find the
right balance between security and usability - Security by design approach
- Focus on simplicity
- Implement biometric authentication
- Engage the users of your enterprise apps
- Provide different data access permissions for
users - Test to determine security and usability balance
- Integrate security in your culture
5Security by design approach
- Our team of software development experts believes
that security by design is the best approach to
security. This approach enables them to avoid the
costly attempt of adding security at the end of
development of the enterprise app. - This proactive approach of co-opting security
during the development process is analogous to
building a door with built-in a tamper-proof
deadlock while adding security layers at a later
stage is like adding multiple locks after the
installation of door to maintain the same
strength.
6Focus on simplicity
- Apps with a minimalist design are not only easier
to understand for users but are also easier to
secure. - Simpler code has lesser vulnerabilities and it
also lowers the possibilities of users doing
anything that compromises the security of your
app. - Also consider simplifying features and services
of your enterprise apps and putting in the
minimal security necessary. This would help you
to detect and stop the actions of users with
potential security implications.
7Implement biometric authentication
- Incorporating biometric-based security offers
quite a few advantages to your enterprise app
without affecting usability. - Biometrics can replace the need for remembering
passwords and managing token-based systems
altogether while eliminating the risk of data
breach through stolen passwords. - You can also add multiple layers of security to
your enterprise app with biometric-based
multi-factor authentication i.e., add iris or
face scan to fingerprint to provide strong
authentication.
8Engage the users of your enterprise apps
- Security is not solely a technological challenge
so bring in people of your organization in the
security equation. - Consider workforce training and awareness
programs so that they can apply what they are
taught. Engaging them in the process of data
protection would not only help them avoid risky
behavior but also ensure there are lots more eyes
to monitor if anything is amiss. - Making your employees active participants in the
security awareness initiative would prevent your
enterprise security provisions from getting
compromised to a greater extent.
9Provide different data access permissions for
users
- Not all users of your enterprise are the same!
- Therefore, give users limited access to app
features you in order to keep your enterprise app
and data more secure. - Our enterprise app development team closely works
with security as well as UX experts to address
the core problems of user experience without
compromising security. - They also include some in-product notifications
in order to remind users the security preferences
that they had previously chosen to prevent
potential security risks, without affecting
usability.
10Test to determine security and usability balance
- Testing is an integral part of our enterprise app
development. Our developers observe users using
their app features to test them for potential
security as well as usability issues. - Such observations have often helped them
understand that something that appears quite
obvious to them may not be that obvious for the
users. - Also avoid making an application unnecessarily
complex by adding security layers as that could
lead to poor user experience.
11Integrate security in your culture
- Consider including your workforce who will be
engaging with your enterprise app in the security
program. This will help in creating the security
environment that you want in your enterprise. - Heightened security in your app might decrease
the ease-of-use in some areas. However, as people
understand how to work through these challenges,
it would eliminate workplace frustrations. - Therefore, consider security of your enterprise
data as a business problem and not as an
IT-problem in order to make your security
measures successful in the long run.
12Final Words!
- The battle between usability and security is
often observed throughout the workplaces, such
as - critically strong passwords written down on
sticky notes - files shared through online services not
sanctioned by IT departments, etc. - Strengthening security measures typically
undermines usability, no doubt, but there can be
ways to address this conundrum. - And the best and worst part is that there are no
set answers!
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