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Prof. Dr. Alena Naiakshina

Developer Centered Security

Professor / Head of Chair

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

Room: MB S-O-206

Telephone: +49 (0) 234 32-26400

Office Hours: By arrangement

E-Mail: alena.naiakshina@rub.de

Curriculum Vitae

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor

Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

November 2021 - Present



Researcher

University of Bonn, Germany

January 2017 - September 2021



EDUCATION

Dr. rer. Nat. (equiv. PhD),

University of Bonn, Germany

January 2017 - November 2020



Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science

University of Bonn, Germany

April 2014 - December 2016



Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science

University of Bonn, Germany

October 2010 - March 2014



RESEARCH INTERNSHIP

University College London (UCL), UK

October 2015 - February 2016



ACADEMIC SERVICE

2022

- Associate Chair (AC): Privacy & Security subcommittee for CHI 2023

- Program Committee (PC) Member: European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC 2022)

- Program Committee (PC) Member: IEEE Secure Development (SecDev) conference

- Program Committee (PC) Member and Session Chair: Symposium on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC 2022) in conjunction with NDSS

- Program Committee (PC) Member and Member of the 2022 Karat Award Committee: Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022)

- Reviewer: Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)



2021

- Associate Chair (AC): Privacy & Security subcommittee for CHI 2022

- Program Committee (PC) Member: SOUPS workshop WAY (Who Are You!? Adventures in Authentication)

- Poster Jury Member: Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS)



2020

- Associate Chair (AC): Privacy & Security subcommittee for CHI 2021

- Program Committee (PC) Member: SOUPS workshop WAY (Who Are You!? Adventures in Authentication)

- Workshop Leader for the BSI & UKB: "Networked with Security: Digitization, Cybersecurity & Me - Healthcare Perspectives"


Courses



Publications

Let’s Hash: Helping Developers with Password Security

Lisa Geierhaas, Anna-Marie Ortloff, Matthew Smith, Alena Naiakshina

Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022)



Do you really code? Designing and Evaluating Screening Questions for Online Surveys with Programmers

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Stefan Horstmann, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering 2021 (ICSE 2021)

URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.04429.pdf



Code Reviewing as Methodology for Online Security Studies with Developers - A Case Study with Freelancers on Password Storage

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Anna Rasgauski, Matthew Smith

Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021)

URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/soups2021-danilova.pdf



On Conducting Security Developer Studies with CS Students: Examining a Password-Storage Study with CS Students, Freelancers, and Company Developers

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Eva Gerlitz, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020)

URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3313831.3376791



One Size Does Not Fit All: A Grounded Theory and Online Survey Study of Developer Preferences for Security Warning Types

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering 2020 (ICSE 2020)

URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3377811.3380387



Replication: On the Ecological Validity of Online Security Developer Studies: Exploring Deception in a Password-Storage Study with Freelancers

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Johanna Deuter, Matthew Smith

Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2020)

URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/soups2020-danilova.pdf



“If you want, I can store the encrypted password.” A Password-Storage Field Study with Freelance Developers (Honorable Mention)

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Eva Gerlitz, Emanuel von Zezschwitz, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019)

URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3290605.3300370



“In Encryption We Don't Trust: The Effect of End-To-End Encryption to the Masses on User Perception”

Sergej Dechand, Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Matthew Smith

IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (Euro S&P 2019)



Deception Task Design in Developer Password Studies: Exploring a Student Sample

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Christian Tiefenau, Matthew Smith

Fourteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2018)

URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/soups2018/soups2018-naiakshina.pdf



Why Do Developers Get Password Storage Wrong? A Qualitative Usability Study

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Christian Tiefenau, Marco Herzog, Sergej Dechand, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and

Communications Security (CCS 2017)

URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.08759.pdf



Obstacles to the Adoption of Secure Communication Tools

Ruba Abu-Salma, M. Angela Sasse, Joseph Bonneau, Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Matthew Smith

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP 2017)'> PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

Testing Screener Questions for Software Developer Studies

with Time Limits

Anastasia Danilova, Stefan Horstmann, Matthew Smith, Alena Naiakshina

International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2022)



Do you really code? Designing and Evaluating Screening Questions for Online Surveys with Programmers

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Stefan Horstmann, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering 2021 (ICSE 2021)

URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.04429.pdf



Code Reviewing as Methodology for Online Security Studies with Developers - A Case Study with Freelancers on Password Storage

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Anna Rasgauski, Matthew Smith

Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021)

URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/soups2021-danilova.pdf



On Conducting Security Developer Studies with CS Students: Examining a Password-Storage Study with CS Students, Freelancers, and Company Developers

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Eva Gerlitz, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020)

URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3313831.3376791



One Size Does Not Fit All: A Grounded Theory and Online Survey Study of Developer Preferences for Security Warning Types

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering 2020 (ICSE 2020)

URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3377811.3380387



Replication: On the Ecological Validity of Online Security Developer Studies: Exploring Deception in a Password-Storage Study with Freelancers

Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Johanna Deuter, Matthew Smith

Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2020)

URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/soups2020-danilova.pdf



“If you want, I can store the encrypted password.” A Password-Storage Field Study with Freelance Developers (Honorable Mention)

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Eva Gerlitz, Emanuel von Zezschwitz, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019)

URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3290605.3300370



“In Encryption We Don't Trust: The Effect of End-To-End Encryption to the Masses on User Perception”

Sergej Dechand, Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Matthew Smith

IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (Euro S&P 2019)



Deception Task Design in Developer Password Studies: Exploring a Student Sample

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Christian Tiefenau, Matthew Smith

Fourteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2018)

URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/soups2018/soups2018-naiakshina.pdf



Why Do Developers Get Password Storage Wrong? A Qualitative Usability Study

Alena Naiakshina, Anastasia Danilova, Christian Tiefenau, Marco Herzog, Sergej Dechand, Matthew Smith

In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and

Communications Security (CCS 2017)

URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.08759.pdf



Obstacles to the Adoption of Secure Communication Tools

Ruba Abu-Salma, M. Angela Sasse, Joseph Bonneau, Anastasia Danilova, Alena Naiakshina, Matthew Smith

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP 2017)