#ISC2Congress Panel: Finding The Balance Between Skill and Usability

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When does technology become too easy to use? And when does simplicity start working against you? These were among the many the questions tackled by a group of panelists during a 2020 (ISC)² Security Congress virtual session called “Easily Deployed and Sold Short.” At issue was whether easy-to-use user interfaces on complex security tools make it more difficult for cybersecurity team leaders to figure out what skills their team members have mastered. Timothy Robnett, vCISO at Wavefront Consulting, made no bones about it: “A simple UX makes it harder to promote somebody,” he said. Simplicity of use, he said, doesn’t…


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