HUMAN-CENTRED SECURITY
Research Associate
Address:
Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty of Computer Science
Human-Centred Security
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44801 Bochum
Room: MB 2nd Floor, Room 173
Telephone: (+49)(0)234 / 32 – 15592
Office Hours: By arrangement
E-Mail: sangavi.shanthakumar@rub.de
Research
- Human-Centred Security
- Secure Habits and Behaviour Changes
- Game-Based Learning and Serious Games
Publications
[2] J. Opdenbusch, S. Shanthakumar, M. A. Sasse and M. Gutfleisch, “Enabling Security Champions With Breakout Action Groups (BAGs) – A Longitudinal Case Study” in ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering, 2026. doi: 10.1145/3803437.3805215.
[1] M. Schöps, S. Shanthakumar, P. Müntefer and M. A. Sasse, “‘Even after two years, we still have a bad feeling’: Two Comparative Case Studies of the Effects of a Cyberattack on Fear, Trust in the IT Department and Security-Related Stress”. 2025 European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC), Manchester, United Kingdom, 2025, pp. 24-39, doi: 10.1109/EuroUSEC69254.2025.00013.
Co-Supervised Theses
Sensitizing Users to Social Engineering: Evaluating The Social Engineer Serious Game’s Effects on Mental Models and User Satisfaction.
Bachelor’s thesis, Marius Süß, 2026
Development and Evaluation of a Cybersecurity Awareness Game.
Master’s thesis, Eric Bock, 2026
SociaLIE – A Social Engineering Serious Game Grounded in Behavioral Change Theory.
Bachelor’s thesis, Yusuf Cagir, 2026
User Acceptance of IT Security Serious Games: Distribution, Challenges, and Potential.
Master’s thesis, Achraf Louani, 2025
Serious Games As Learning Improvement of Information Security Policies of New Employees.
Master’s thesis, Tobias Neugebauer, 2025