We received the happy news that our ACSAC 2012 paper was accepted. Tapas: Design, Implementation, and Usability Evaluation of a Password Manager Daniel McCarney, David Barrera, Jeremy Clark, Sonia Chiasson, P.C. van Oorchot … [Read more...] about ACSAC paper accepted
ISSNet Summer School – Halifax version
The 4th ISSNet Summer School was held at Dalhousie University in Halifax this year. Each year, ISSNet graduate students from across Canada get together for a week of workshops about computer security. It is an opportunity to network with other security researchers and to learn about aspects of security that they may not have previously studied. This year, they learnt about a variety of topics from operating systems, to Canadian privacy laws, data mining and visualization, and industry security … [Read more...] about ISSNet Summer School – Halifax version
SOUPS and U-PriSM
Several people from our usable security research group went to SOUPS in Washington, DC this year. Gerardo presented a poster about our upcoming USENIX Security Captcha paper. He also presented a talk about some on-going captcha work on mobile devices at the U-PriSM workshop. The U-PriSM workshop was a success, with over 80 people attending. We kept the presentations short to allow for discussion, and this seems to have worked well. The audience had many questions, comments, and suggestions … [Read more...] about SOUPS and U-PriSM
Shad Valley Workshop
We hosted a group of 18 Shad Valley students for a half-day workshop on July 18. Our graduate students lead interactive hands-on sessions using technologies like our large multi-touch displays, a 3D haptic feedback device, and eye tracker. The Shads also learned about HCI and Usable Security research. … [Read more...] about Shad Valley Workshop
U-PriSM program posted
The U-PriSM workshop program has now been posted. We hope to see you there on July 11 in Washington DC! … [Read more...] about U-PriSM program posted
Annual Symposium on Information Assurance
Ann Fry's paper showing the un-usability S/MIME through a cognitive walkthrough was recently presented at the Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA) Ann Fry, Sonia Chiasson, and Anil Somayaji (2012) Not Sealed But Delivered: The (Un)Usability of S/MIME Today, pp. 48-61. … [Read more...] about Annual Symposium on Information Assurance
GRAND 2012 Conference
We attended the GRAND annual conference in Montreal last week. Elizabeth Stobert was selected to give a presentation about passTiles, while Leah Zhang had as poster presenting her work on teaching users about password guessing attacks. … [Read more...] about GRAND 2012 Conference
U-PriSM deadline extended
We have extended the deadline for the U-PriSM workshop to May 18, 2012. If you are working on the Usable Privacy and Security of Mobile devices, consider submitting a paper and joining us at SOUPS in Washington, DC on July 11, 2012. … [Read more...] about U-PriSM deadline extended
Carleton’s All Things Digital showcase
Carleton hosted the "All Things Digital" showcase, with more than 120 industry and government visitors. The event was held in the HCI and VSIM buildings, so we demo'ed our HCI and usable security research in the Hotsoft Lab. … [Read more...] about Carleton’s All Things Digital showcase
ISSNet Annual Workshop
The ISSNet Annual Workshop was held in Kingston, ON last week. Several students from the lab presented their work. Hsin-Yi Chiang presented a poster about his work on authentication for mobile devices. Vanessa Boothroyd received honourable mention for her poster on the usable security of writing down passwords. Alain Forget gave talk on his learnability of authentication systems. … [Read more...] about ISSNet Annual Workshop