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Welcome to the website of the 'IT Security'-research group. We conduct research on human-centered IT Security.  This entails the design of security technologies that are easy to use, inclusive, and privacy-friendly. Our vision is that people should be able to live a secure digital life without having deep technical knowledge. Towards this end, we conduct research on a variety of topics, including password security and usability, behavioral implicit authentication, behavioral data privacy, privacy awareness, and transparency enhancing technologies. Take a look at our teaching and research pages for more detailed information and follow us on Twitter!

News

The paper by Emiram, Melina and Patricia about data sharing acceptability in Virtual Reality got accepted at this year's USENIX Security conference in Seattle!

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The paper by Patricia and Peter Mayer (KIT/SDU) on the usability of password managers for novice users, based on a longitudinal study, has been accepted at SOUPS 2025!

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Emiram and Patricia have been awarded the prestigious "Emilio Aced" research award by the Spanish data protection authority AEPD for their work on Neuroprivacy.

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Yorick presented a vision paper on user-centric design for digital identity wallets at USEC/NDSS in San Diego!

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Emiram presented a work-in-progress about perceptions and acceptability of data sharing in Virtual Reality at the 6th symposium on Contextual Integrity (PrivaCI) in New Brunswick, NJ.

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