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The usability imperative for securing digital asset devices
Publisher description: When Tony Fadell started working on the iPod, usability often trumped security. The result was an iterative process. Every time someone would find a security weakness or a way to hack the device, the development group would iterate to add measures and fix the issues. Yet, flaws would frequently be found, and the secure design…
MIT Technology Review | Mar 9, 2026 | MIT Technology Review Insights
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When Tony Fadell started working on the iPod, usability often trumped security. And the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre’s Software Security Code of Practice, which outlines security principles expected of all organizations that develop or sell software. Security design can take these requirements into account, with secure governance using multiple signatures (multisig), hardware security modules (HSMs) for key storage, trusted display systems, and other usable security capabilities.
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