Our paper entitled An Exploration of Graphical Password Authentication for Children has recently been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. Former student Ahsan Imran conducted the study as part of his Master's, and PhD student Hala Assal conducted more in-depth analysis and prepared the work for publication. … [Read more...] about IJCCI paper accepted
Publication
Sana presents at IDC 2018
We have just returned from Norway, where PhD student Sana Maqsood presented our work on the educational game A Day in the Life of the Jos. She discussed the design, development, and evaluation of the game. The paper is available on our publications page. Sana also presented a poster showcasing Sumbal Maqsood's research on password policies and children. … [Read more...] about Sana presents at IDC 2018
USENIX Security 2018 paper
We are happy to announce that our paper, The aftermath of a crypto-ransomware attack at a large academic institution, will be published at USENIX Security 2018. We will be presenting the work at the conference in Baltimore Aug 15-17. … [Read more...] about USENIX Security 2018 paper
Hala to present at WSIW 2018
PhD student Hala Assal will be presenting her paper, Motivations and Amotivations for Software Security: Preliminary Results, at the Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW). The workshop is co-located with SOUPS 2018 in Baltimore on August 12. … [Read more...] about Hala to present at WSIW 2018
SOUPS 2018 papers
We will be presenting two papers at SOUPS 2018 in Baltimore, Aug 12-14. Reham will be presenting her work on Online Privacy and Aging of Digital Artifacts. Hala will be presenting her work on Security in the Software Development Lifecycle. … [Read more...] about SOUPS 2018 papers
TOPS paper accepted
Our paper has just been accepted for publication in the ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security: "Technological and Human Factors of Malware Attacks: A Computer Security Clinical Trial Approach" by Fanny Lalonde-Levesque, Sonia Chiasson, Anil Somayaji, Jose M. Fernandez. It will be available soon. … [Read more...] about TOPS paper accepted
CHI 2018 Late Breaking Work
Daniela Napoli's work on Exploring the Impact of Colour-Blindness on Computer Game Performance has been accepted in the Late Breaking Work category at CHI 2018. She will present her poster in Montreal this April. … [Read more...] about CHI 2018 Late Breaking Work
CHI2018 SRC
Three students from the lab have had their work accepted into the CHI 2018 Student Research Competition. They will present their work at CHI in Montreal at the end of April. Michael Lutaaya will present work from his undergraduate honours project, Rethinking App Permissions on iOS. Daniela Napoli will present on-going work from her Master's, Developing Accessible and Usable Security (ACCUS) Heuristics. Sana Maqsood will present on-going work from her PhD, Evaluation of a Persuasive … [Read more...] about CHI2018 SRC
Hala presents at PST 2017
At the end of August, PhD student Hala Assal presented our paper entitled Cross-national privacy concerns on data collection by government agencies, by Rebecca Cooper, Hala Assal and Sonia Chiasson, at the Privacy, Security, and Trust 2017 Conference in Calgary. … [Read more...] about Hala presents at PST 2017
Social Media & Society 2017
Last week, PhD students Reham Ebada and Thais Bardini Idalino presented their paper, When private and professional lives meet: The impact of digital footprints on employees and political candidates, at the Social Media & Society conference in Toronto. … [Read more...] about Social Media & Society 2017