We are happy to hear that our paper, Choose Your Own Authentication, was accepted for publication at NSPW 2015. Robert Biddle will be presenting the work at the conference in Twente, The Netherlands, in September. … [Read more...] about NSPW 2015 paper
Conference
SOUPS 2015 presentations
Michael Lutaaya will be presenting a SOUPS 2015 poster, Password Rehearsal Memory Games, describing his work on a quick game to help users memorize a randomly generated password. Michael worked on this project as a first year undergraduate researcher in the lab. PhD student Leah Zhang-Kennedy will be presenting a SOUPS 2015 poster entitled Geo-Phisher: The Design of a Global Phishing Trend Visualization Tool based on a project completed with Elias Fares, an HCI student. Their tool … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2015 presentations
SOUPS paper accepted
Our paper, entitled User Perceptions of Sharing, Advertising, and Tracking, was accepted at SOUPS 2015. Farah started this research while taking the Computer Security & Usability graduate course, then continued the work in the following months. She explores users' opinion and preferences of online behavioural advertising across a variety of websites and tracking prevention tools. … [Read more...] about SOUPS paper accepted
BHCI paper accepted
We are happy to announce that Gerardo Reynaga's paper, "Heuristics for the Evaluation of Captchas on Smartphones" has been accepted at British HCI 2015. Gerardo will be presenting his work at the conference in July. … [Read more...] about BHCI paper accepted
SERENE April 2015 workshop
The SERENE-RISC April workshop was held at the Museum of Nature this week. It brought together over a hundred industry, academic, and government participants interested in building a healthy, secure, Canadian digital ecosystem. … [Read more...] about SERENE April 2015 workshop
Stephanie presents poster at CRA-W
Stephanie Hurtado recently presented a work-in-progress poster about her thesis research on driver distraction at the CRA-Women Grad Cohort. The workshop was held in San Francisco, April 10-11. … [Read more...] about Stephanie presents poster at CRA-W
SERENE-RISC’s 2015 Spring Workshop
The SERENE-RISC 2015 Spring Workshop will take place in Ottawa on April 22 and 23. The workshop theme is “Cybersecurity futures: Toward a healthy digital ecosystem”. It aims to move beyond the usual catastrophic discourse on the impending breakdown of critical infrastructures provoked by malicious actors and state-sponsored attacks. Instead, we would like to frame the discussion around a more optimistic outlook trying to imagine what cybersecurity might look like ten years down the road if … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC’s 2015 Spring Workshop
Gerardo presents at USEC
Gerardo Reynaga presented his paper on evaluating the usability of captchas on mobile devices at USEC 2015 in San Diego, California. … [Read more...] about Gerardo presents at USEC
USEC 2015 paper
Gerardo's latest work on mobile captchas has been accepted as a full paper at USEC 2015. Gerardo will present his paper next month in San Diego, California. … [Read more...] about USEC 2015 paper
SERENE workshop
The 2nd SERENE workshop, entitled "Cybersecurity metrics for better decision-making: a Canadian perspective", was held at the Ottawa Convention Centre Oct 21-22. The event was sold out and attracted participants from several government departments, police forces, industry, and academics. The workshop featured several high-profile Canadian and International speakers that led to in-depth discussion by all involved. The full program is now available on the SERENE website. … [Read more...] about SERENE workshop