{"id":10530,"date":"2018-02-28T13:31:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clone4.10pearls.com\/?p=10530"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:02:58","slug":"dark-reading-security-starts-with-the-user-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/blog\/dark-reading-security-starts-with-the-user-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Reading: Security starts with the user experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10530\" class=\"elementor elementor-10530\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ba01758 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ba01758\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dc88e41\" data-id=\"6dc88e41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5720ee6e list-style-01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5720ee6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10542\" src=\"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_613463996-1-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"Data security and usability | 10Pearls | Cybersecurity Washington DC\" width=\"1300\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_613463996-1-1024x379.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_613463996-1-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_613463996-1-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_613463996-1.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p><p>Our Chief Security Officer, Peter Hesse, has contributed an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/endpoint\/security-starts-with-the-user-experience\/a\/d-id\/1331118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dark Reading<\/a> discussing the importance of building <a href=\"\/continuous-security\/\">security<\/a> into an application&#8217;s <a href=\"\/customer-experience\/\">user experience<\/a>. Peter focuses on how business leaders need to prioiritize prevention over mitigation, and provides real-world examples of data breaches that could have been avoided had security been considered in the design phase, including:<\/p><ul><li>The mistaken missile alert sent out to Hawaiians this past winter<\/li><li>The 2017 Republican National Committee data breach<\/li><li>The plethora of recent healthcare-related breaches<\/li><\/ul><p><a class=\"bule-line-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/endpoint\/security-starts-with-the-user-experience\/a\/d-id\/1331118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the Full Article Now<\/a><\/p><p>If you are interested in learning more about the <a href=\"\/blog\/creating-a-symbiotic-relationship-between-usability-and-security\/\">intersection<\/a> of security and user experience, make sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/get-in-touch\/\">contact 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