Cybersecurity advocates: discovering the characteristics and skills of an emergent role

Dr Julie M. Haney is Computer Scientist and lead for the Usable Cybersecurity program in the Visualization and Usability Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She conducts research about human aspects of cybersecurity, including the usability and adoption of security solutions and people’s perceptions of privacy and security. Previously she spent over 20 years working in the Department of Defense as a security professional and technical leader primarily in the cyber defense mission. She has a PhD and M.S. in Human-Centered Computing from University of Maryland, Baltimore County, an M.S. in Computer Science from University of Maryland and B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola University Maryland.

Dr Wayne G. Lutters is Associate Professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. Dr Lutters’ research interests are at the nexus of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), social computing and social informatics. He specializes in field studies of IT-mediated work, from a socio-technical perspective, to better inform the design and evaluation of collaborative systems. Recent projects have focused on the human-side of information infrastructure. He has served as a Program Director for Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation. He earned M.S. and PhD in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine.