Principles are based on scientific sources.
| Name | Understandability |
| Sources | (Furnell et al., 2006) |
| Synonyms | Understandable |
| Intent | Options and descriptions should be presented in a manner that is meaningful to the intended user population. |
| Motivation | Security offers a great deal of potential for the use of technical terminology and other jargon, but this could easily come at the cost of excluding a proportion of the users. Sufficient help and support should be available to assist novices to achieve the level of security that they need. |
| Examples | None |
| Guidelines | Design guidelines for security management systems Designing Graphical Authentication Mechanism Interfaces Guidelines used to redesign warnings Recommendations for improving the design of phishing indicators Usable set-up of security policies Warning Design Guidelines |
| Tags | Accessibility |
| Log history | [02/14/2016]: Added to repository [04/22/2016]: Updated name from “Understandable” [07/11/2016]: Added “Understandable” as synonym |
Furnell, S.M., Jusoh, A., Katsabas, D., 2006. The challenges of understanding and using security: A survey of end-users. Computers & Security 25. doi:10.1016/j.cose.2005.12.004