Psychology & Human Behaviour · Internship Role

HUMAN FACTORS

Study how people react to security warnings and training, and redesign them so the safe choice becomes the easy one.

SKILLS YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH

Usable securityUser researchSurvey designExperiment designWarning & message design

PROOF-OF-WORK TASKS

8 TASKS

Start at Beginner and work up. Every task produces something real you can show: a report, a tool, a guide or a demo. Publish it on LinkedIn or GitHub as your proof of work.

Beginner

LEVEL 01

01Screenshot 10 security warnings (browser, banking app, OS). Rate each on clarity, tone and action, then redesign the worst one.
02Survey 20 people about their password and MFA habits, and present the 3 most surprising findings.
03Write a reflection titled 'Users Are Not the Weakest Link', with 3 examples where design caused the security failure.

Intermediate

LEVEL 02

01Run a small consent-based A/B test of two versions of a security message, and measure which one leads more people to the safe action.
02Interview 5 people about why they ignore software updates, then build an affinity map and an insight summary.
03Evaluate a security training module with a usability heuristic checklist, and propose improvements.

Advanced

LEVEL 03

01Design and run a mini study on security warning fatigue: hypothesis, method, consent, results and recommendations.
02Create a human factors review framework that SecureMojo could use to assess any client's security training and warnings.

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