Eric Spero

Lecturer in Cyber Security · School of Computer Science · University of Auckland
Security decision-making under human constraints
eric.spero@auckland.ac.nz

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About

My research focuses on human-centred cybersecurity: how end users and developers make security decisions under real-world constraints such as limited attention, incomplete knowledge, time pressure, and competing goals. I examine how people make security decisions in context, evaluate whether current systems support those decisions, and design interfaces and tools that make security information visible, understandable, and actionable.

I also teach a postgraduate course on Usable Security and Privacy, where students engage with foundational research, discuss current issues, and design their own usable-security studies.

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