Oct 1, 2024. Today Alvi Jawad has presented our paper "I'm Getting Information that I Can Act on Now": Exploring the Level of Actionable Information in Tool-generated Threat Reports at EuroUSEC 2024 in Sweden.
Sep 25, 2024. Mahmoud Selim defended his master's thesis entitled "The Role of AI in Software Development: Industry practices, security implications, and developer perceptions"
Aug 6, 2024. Our paper "I'm Getting Information that I Can Act on Now": Exploring the Level of Actionable Information in Tool-generated Threat Reports is Accepted at EuroUSEC 2024. Congratulations Alvi!
Jun 18, 2024. Our paper Towards Security-Focused Developer Personas is Accepted at NordiCHI 2024. Congratulations Christos and Hilda!
Jun 17, 2024. Kazma Chaudhry attended her convocation today. Congrats!
May 28, 2024. Prof. Assal gives a talk at the 2024 Ontario Public Service (OPS) Share Your Science event. The talk was entitled: "Security and privacy: A human-centric perspective"
Dec 13, 2023. Kazma Chaudhry has successfully defended her Master's thesis. Congrats Kazma!
Nov 28, 2023. Prof. Assal will be on the PC for 2024 European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC). Consider submitting!
Nov 23, 2023. Prof. Assal will be on the PC for the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) 2024. Consider submitting!
Oct 30, 2023. Mahmoud Selim attended this year's HC2P Summer School held in Montreal, QC and Ottawa, ON.
Oct 24, 2023. Prof. Assal will be on the PC for Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) 2024. Consider submitting!
Oct 16, 2023. Kazma Chaudhry presents her paper: “It's not that I want to see the student's bedroom...”: Instructor Perceptions of e-Proctoring Software at EuroUSEC 2023 at Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sept 13, 2023. Today we celebrated Christos's successful master's thesis defence.
We had cake and shared very interesting childhood stories :)
Sept 1, 2023. Christos Karanassios defends his master's thesis. His thesis is entitled: Towards Security-Focused Developer Personas.
Aug 18, 2023. Our paper "It's not that I want to see the student's bedroom...": Instructor Perceptions of e-Proctoring Software is Accepted at EuroUSEC 2023. Congratulations Kazma!
May 18, 2023. We celebrated Tamara's
successful thesis defence at the lab and had delicious cake!
May 10, 2023. Tamara Bondar successfully defends her master's thesis entitled: Exploring factors influencing system administrations' security vulnerability remediation decisions.
Jan 27, 2023. Our paper "Why do Internet Devices Remain Vulnerable? A Survey with System Administrators" Accepted at NDSS MADWeb
Dec 2022. Prof. Assal will be on the PC for USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) 2023. Consider submitting!
Dec 2022. I will be co-chairing SOUPS 2023 Posters. Looking forward to learn about all your interesting research ideas!
Oct 20, 2022. I will be on the PC for Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC) 2023. Consider submitting!
Aug 22, 2022. Our poster looking at e-proctoring won a Best Poster Award at SOUPS Posters 2022. Congrats Kazma and Ashi!
Jun, 2022. Two students' posters have been accepted at SOUPS Posters 2022.
Apr 13, 2023. Tamara Bondar won a Dick Dillon Memorial Scholarship. Congrats Tamara!
Dec 2021. I'll be on the PC for USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) 2022. Consider submitting!
Dec 2021. I'll be co-chairing SOUPS 2022 Posters. Looking forward to learn about all your interesting research ideas!
May 2021. Our paper "Is Real-time Phishing Eliminated with FIDO? Social Engineering Downgrade Attacks against FIDO Protocols" has been Accepted at USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX). Check out the discussion on Twitter
Mar 2021. Our paper "Lose Your Phone, Lose Your Identity": Exploring Users' Perceptions and Expectations of a Digital Identity Service" has been Accepted at the Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC).
