M. A. Jennifer Friedauer

HUMAN-CENTRED SECURITY

Research assistant

Address:
Ruhr-University Bochum
Faculty of Computer Science
Human-Centred Security
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44801 Bochum

Room: —

Telephone: —

Office Hours: By arrangement

E-Mail: jennifer.friedauer@rub.de

CURRICULUM VITAE

Positions:

• Since 10/2023 Extern but still Family, Human-Centred Security
• 05/2019 – 10/2023 Research Assistant, Human-Centred Security
• 01/2018 – 04/2019 Student Research Assistant, Human Technology Interaction Group (HTI), Department of Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 01/2017 – 04/2019 Student Research Assistant, Project ProViel, Physics Education, University Duisburg-Essen
• 03/2018 – 04/2018 Student Research Assistant, Project ProViel, Mathematics Education, University Duisburg-Essen
• 01/2017 – 12/2017 Student Research Assistant, Online-Education Group, Learning Lab, University Duisburg-Essen
• 07/2016 – 12/2016 Student Research Assistant, Mercator Research Group 2 “SPACES OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER”, Ruhr-University Bochum

Teaching:

• 04/2023 – 10/2023 Introduction to Usable Security and Privacy (Course ID: 211036), Ruhr-University Bochum
• 09/2022 – 03/2023
• 04/2020 – 04/2021 Practical Research Course Human-Centred Security (Course ID: 142362), Ruhr-University Bochum

Academic Services:
• Program Committee (PC) Member: European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC’23)

Academic Degrees:
• Master of Arts, M.A. – 2019 Educational Science and Social Science, Ruhr-University Bochum
• Bachelor of Arts, B.A. – 2016 Educational Science and Culture, Individual and Society (Social Science), Ruhr-University Bochum

RESEARCH

Current research on IT Security Education:
• Self-Efficacy
• Behavior Change
• Trainings (e.g. Anti-Phishing Trainings)
• User Awareness
• Usability and Accessibility of Authentication Methods
• Learning and Problem Solving
• Phishing and Social Engineering

Other Research Interests:
• Educational Technology
• Empirical Research Methods
• Transparency of Research

Past Projects:
• Master Thesis (2019) on Hardware-Reverse-Engineering as a Problem Solving Process and the Role of Prior Knowledge.
• Bachelor Thesis (2016) on Adoption of Peer and Expert Feedback Comments in Students Written Texts.(Content Analysis)

PUBLICATIONS

[1]

N. Borgert, J. Friedauer, I. Böse, M. A. Sasse, und M. Elson, „The study of cybersecurity self-efficacy: a systematic literature review of methodology“, gehalten auf der Media Psychology Conference, Aachen, 10. September 2021, Publiziert.

[2]

N. Borgert, J. Friedauer, I. Böse, M. A. Sasse, und M. Elson, „The study of cybersecurity self-efficacy: a systematic literature review of methodology“, 2021. [Online]. Verfügbar unter: https://www.usenix.org/conference/soups2021/presentation/borgert

[3]

M. A. Sasse, J. Hielscher, J. Friedauer, U. Menges, und M. Peiffer, „Warum IT-Sicherheit in Organisationen einen Neustart braucht“, in Cyber-Sicherheit ist Chefinnen- und Chefsache!, online, Feb. 2022, Publiziert. [Online]. Verfügbar unter: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358277373_Warum_IT-Sicherheit_in_Organisationen_einen_Neustart_braucht

[4]

J. Friedauer, H. Yagi, N. Sombatruang, Y. Kadobayashi, D. Miyamoto, und A. Fujita, „Cybersecurity comic: an image change to ‚cool cybersecurity‘ findings and challenges to raise children’s security awareness“, Aug. 2022. [Online]. Verfügbar unter: https://www.usenix.org/conference/soups2022/presentation/friedauer-poster

[5]

N. Borgert u. a., „A Decade of Dividedness: A Preregistered Systematic Review of the Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy Methods“, Jan. 2023. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ybec9.

[6] A. Erinola, A. Buckmann, J. Friedauer, A. Yardim and M. Sasse, „”As Usual, I Needed Assistance of a Seeing Person”: Experiences and Challenges of People with Disabilities and Authentication Methods,“ in 2023 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW), Delft, Netherlands, 2023 pp. 575-593.
doi: 10.1109/EuroSPW59978.2023.00070