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TheCarnegie Mellon University Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS) was established in the Spring of 2004 to bring togetherCarnegie Mellon University researchers working on a diverse set of projects related to understanding and improving the usability ofprivacy andsecurity software and systems. The privacy and security research community has become increasingly aware thatusability problems severely impact the effectiveness of mechanisms designed to provide security and privacy in software systems. Indeed, one of the four grand research challenges ininformation security and assurance identified by theComputing Research Association in 2003 is: "Give end-users security controls they can understand and privacy they can control for the dynamic, pervasive computing environments of the future." This is the challenge that CUPS strives to address. CUPS is affiliated with Carnegie MellonCyLab and has members from theEngineering and Public Policy Department, the School of Computer Science, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, theHeinz College, and theDepartment of Social and Decision Sciences. It is directed byLorrie Cranor.
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