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Security by behavioural design

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  • Human-centric security
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Research by Leiden University for the NCSC shows how the behavioral sciences can be integrated into security‑by‑design to encourage users to automatically exhibit safer behavior.

In 2021, the NCSC asked Leiden University to conduct a rapid review of best practices and opportunities for further research on integrating the behavioral sciences into security‑by‑design methodologies and projects. This academic field is known as security by behavioural design. Its aim is to design systems in such a way that users almost automatically start behaving more securely.