Faculty
Prof. Dr. Sascha Fahl has been Professor for computer science and head of the chair for usable security and privacy since April 2018. Previously, he was head of the information security institute at Leibniz University in Hannover (2017 - 2018). From 2016 to 2017 he was independent research group leader of the usable security and privacy group at CISPA. He received a PhD in computer science from Leibniz University Hannover in 2016. In 2015 he was software engineer (SWE) intern in the Chrome Security team at Google in Mountain View.
Usenix Security Symposium (USENIX-Security)
"Threat modeling is very formal, it's very technical, and also very hard to do correctly": Investigating Threat Modeling Practices in Open-Source Software Projects.
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS)
“It’s Not My Data Anymore”: Exploring Non-Users’ Privacy Perceptions of Medical Data Donation Apps
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)
Skipping the Security Side Quests: A Qualitative Study on Security Practices and Challenges in Game Development
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)
Using AI Assistants in Software Development: A Qualitative Study on Security Practices and Concerns
Usenix Security Symposium (USENIX-Security)
"You have to read 50 different RFCs that contradict each other": An Interview Study on the Experiences of Implementing Cryptographic Standards.
Usenix Security Symposium (USENIX-Security)
The Challenges of Bringing Cryptography from Research Papers to Products: Results from an Interview Study with Experts.
IEEE Access“You received $100,000 from Johnny”: A Mixed-Methods Study on Push Notification Security and Privacy in Android Apps
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P)
Everyone for Themselves? A Qualitative Study about Individual Security Setups of Open Source Software Contributors
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Analyzing Security and Privacy Advice During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Twitter
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Mental Models, Expectations and Implications of Client-Side Scanning: An Interview Study with Experts.