This Major Qualifying Project proposes various ways in which a system utilizing isolated environments as a security mechanism can be adapted to best portray those mechanisms in an intuitive manner for standard computer users. A pilot study was conducted in order to examine the features of an existing isolated environment operating system, Qubes, and to compare them with features developed by a proposed isolated environment system created by the research team. The results suggest that some features utilized in Qubes are ambiguous to users. Additionally, the familiarity and simplicity of some features utilized in the proposed system would be best implemented in a new system that depends on isolated environments as a security component. Further research with a larger study would be necessary in order to render a fully intuitive system of isolated environments for standard computer users.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Conill, Nicole
• Truong, Shannon

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 50696
• E-project-031322-145758

Parola chiave

• Intuitive Security Features
• Security
• Isolated Environments

Advisor

• Shue, Craig A.

Year

• 2022

Date created

• 2022-03-13

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science

Rights statement

• In Copyright