Information security application design: Improving signal-to-noise ratio

Abstract

The clear presentation of critical Information Security insights is a key challenge for Information Security application design. If implemented incorrectly, evidence of a data breach might be lost against the background of unimportant information. Consequently, it is vital for Information Security application design teams to deliver insights, not simply a lot of data, that enables Information Security teams to quickly secure their organization’s environments more completely. This paper discusses a Human-Centric approach undertaken to reduce Information Density, and to increase Visual Priority with a view to surfacing key insights quickly within Nexpose, Rapid7’s Vulnerability Management application.