{"id":270609,"date":"2026-06-11T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/poor-ux-undermines-security-policies\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:50:15","slug":"poor-ux-undermines-security-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/poor-ux-undermines-security-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor UX undermines security policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poor UX undermines security policies<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/cybersecurity\/poor-ux-undermines-security-policies-says-texas-a-m-university-system-cio<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-11 15:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.informationweek.com<\/a><\/p>\n

As users face a growing number of authentication prompts, security checks and compliance requirements, organizations need to pay more attention to the friction \u2014 and security risks \u2014 those safeguards can create.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s the view of Texas A&M University System CIO Vince Kellen, who argues that implementing high-security protocols at the expense of usability and user experience no longer serves as an effective cybersecurity strategy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenge, he explained, is protecting users without creating so much friction that they look for ways around security controls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Unless the [user] experience is wonderful, you can’t have high security,” Kellen said, in an interview with InformationWeek during the recent <\/span>Cisco Live event<\/span> in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Without achieving both high security and high visibility into the network, together with a seamless user experience, “the user will invent ways around you,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related:<\/span>Cisco’s Jeetu Patel on overcoming the ‘AI trust deficit’<\/p>\n

Security suffers from poor usability<\/h2>\n

Kellen pointed to multifactor authentication as one area where users are becoming frustrated with the hoops they have to jump through to access their accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You go to sites, and it’s not just two-factor authentication \u2014 in some cases, it’s four or five,” he said. Layering multiple security technologies without considering the user experience can complicate cybersecurity programs and diminish their effectiveness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That concern also affects how Kellen views zero-trust architectures, which he described as a critical part of his security strategy for Texas A&M University System. The network he oversees includes 12 universities and eight state agencies \u2014 each with its own CIO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The key components of zero trust security are access and action \u2014 who has access to applications, and what is happening on the network (the action), he explained. For example, by using real-time packet inspection for threat detection and software-defined networking, an organization could…<\/span><\/p>\n

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