Information assurance visualizations for specific stages of situational awareness and intended uses: lessons learned

摘要: Information visualization has proven to be a valuable tool for working more effectively with complex data and maintaining situational awareness in demanding operational domains. Unfortunately, many applications of technology fall short expectations because the is used inappropriately - wrong applied way. A study techniques as one particularly area, information assurance, leads conclusion that there proper formal way approach designing Visualization should specifically designed or selected align three identified stages perception, comprehension, projection -and five standard uses monitoring, inspecting, exploring, forecasting, communicating. Greater value can realized by selecting right technique focus on each task, rather than searching single all-encompassing solution fit every need. Examples how visualizations support specific tasks IA analysis are presented, examples based review available literature, cognitive task performed authors, lessons learned from direct experience developing training analysts their use.