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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
EXPERIENCEAssistant 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 SecurityLisa 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)