Human-centred home network security

TL;DR

This paper emphasizes the importance of human-centered design in home network security, highlighting the need for user-friendly approaches to defend against IoT cyber threats and improve overall security acceptability.

Contribution

It advocates for a radical, user-focused redesign of domestic networking infrastructure to enhance security and usability from the perspective of ordinary citizens.

Findings

Current research overlooks user acceptability in home network security

A need for human-centered approaches to defend against IoT cyber threats

Home network security must evolve to protect against internal and external attacks

Abstract

This chapter draws from across the foregoing chapters discussing many core HDI approaches and disciplinary perspectives to consider the specific application of HDI in home network security. While much work has considered the challenges of securing in home IoT devices and their communications, especially for those with limited power or computational capacity, scant attention has been paid by the research community to home network security, and its acceptability and usability, from the viewpoint of ordinary citizens. It will be clear that we need a radical transformation in our approach to designing domestic networking infrastructure to guard against widespread cyber-attacks that threaten to counter the benefits of the IoT. Our aim has to be to defend against enemies inside the walls, to protect critical functionality in the home against rogue devices and prevent the proliferation of disruptive wide-scale IoT DDOS attacks that are already occurring [1].