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Overview

M. Angela Sasse is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of computer science and social sciences. Their research spans subfields including information systems, sociology and political science, signal processing, artificial intelligence, and computer networks and communications.

The main thematic areas covered in their work include privacy, security, and data protection; information and cyber security; advanced malware detection techniques; user authentication and security systems; cybercrime and law enforcement studies; stalking, cyberstalking, and harassment; and the intersections of social media and politics.

Frequent publication venues for M. Angela Sasse encompass arXiv (Cornell University), with six publications, the 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP), the New Security Paradigms Workshop, IEEE Security & Privacy, and Empirical Software Engineering.

Significant recent papers by this researcher are:

  • How Does Usable Security (Not) End Up in Software Products? Results From a Qualitative Interview Study, 2022, 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "Taking out the Trash": Why Security Behavior Change requires Intentional Forgetting, 2021, New Security Paradigms Workshop
  • Getting Users Smart Quick about Security: Results from 90 Minutes of Using a Persuasive Toolkit for Facilitating Information Security Problem Solving by Non-Professionals, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Digital Security -- A Question of Perspective. A Large-Scale Telephone Survey with Four At-Risk User Groups, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Adoption Challenges for Cryptographic Protocols, 2024, IEEE Security & Privacy

Key collaborators include Jonas Hielscher, Yasemin Acar, Marco Gutfleisch, Sascha Fahl, and Annalina Buckmann.

Among their scholarly contributions, M. Angela Sasse has published a book titled Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops, released by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Transforming the ‘Weakest Link’ — a Human/Computer Interaction Approach to Usable and Effective Security

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  • The mechanics of trust: a framework for research and design

    Jens Riegelsberger;M. Angela Sasse;John D. McCarthy

  • "Stuff goes into the computer and doesn't come out": a cross-tool study of personal information management

    Richard Boardman;M. Angela Sasse

  • Are Passfaces More Usable Than Passwords? A Field Trial Investigation

    Sacha Brostoff;M Angela Sasse

  • The impact of avatar realism and eye gaze control on perceived quality of communication in a shared immersive virtual environment

    Maia Garau;Mel Slater;Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy;Andrea Brogni

  • The true cost of unusable password policies: password use in the wild

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  • The impact of eye gaze on communication using humanoid avatars

    Maia Garau;Mel Slater;Simon Bee;Martina Angela Sasse

  • The researcher's dilemma: evaluating trust in computer-mediated communication

    Jens Riegelsberger;M. Angela Sasse;John D. McCarthy

  • Shiny happy people building trust?: photos on e-commerce websites and consumer trust

    Jens Riegelsberger;M. Angela Sasse;John D. McCarthy

  • Measuring perceived quality of speech and video in multimedia conferencing applications

    Anne Watson;M. Angela Sasse

  • Sharp or smooth?: comparing the effects of quantization vs. frame rate for streamed video

    John D. McCarthy;M. Angela Sasse;Dimitrios Miras

  • Security Education against Phishing: A Modest Proposal for a Major Rethink

    Iacovos Kirlappos;M. Angela Sasse

  • Can small be beautiful?: assessing image resolution requirements for mobile TV

    Hendrik Knoche;John D. McCarthy;M. Angela Sasse

  • Obstacles to the Adoption of Secure Communication Tools

    Ruba Abu-Salma;M. Angela Sasse;Joseph Bonneau;Anastasia Danilova

  • Bringing security home: a process for developing secure and usable systems

    Ivan Flechais;M. Angela Sasse;Stephen M. V. Hailes

  • Could I have the Menu Please? An Eye Tracking Study of Design Conventions

    John D. McCarthy;M. Angela Sasse;Jens Riegelsberger

  • Safe and sound: a safety-critical approach to security

    Sacha Brostoff;M. Angela Sasse

  • Do Users Always Know What’s Good For Them? Utilising Physiological Responses to Assess Media Quality

    Gillian May Wilson;M. Angela Sasse

  • Learning from "Shadow Security": Why understanding non-compliant behaviors provides the basis for effective security

    Iacovos Kirlappos;Simon Parkin;M. Angela Sasse

  • Don't work. Can't work? Why it's time to rethink security warnings

    Kat Krol;Matthew Moroz;M. Angela Sasse

  • Accounting for taste: using profile similarity to improve recommender systems

    Philip Bonhard;Clare Harries;John McCarthy;M. Angela Sasse

  • "They brought in the horrible key ring thing!" Analysing the Usability of Two-Factor Authentication in UK Online Banking

    Kat Krol;Eleni Philippou;Emiliano De Cristofaro;M. Angela Sasse

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith University of Bonn
Joseph Bonneau
Joseph Bonneau New York University
Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson University of Cambridge
James Noble
James Noble Victoria University of Wellington
Awais Rashid
Awais Rashid University of Bristol
Gianluca Stringhini
Gianluca Stringhini Boston University
Emiliano De Cristofaro
Emiliano De Cristofaro University of California, Riverside
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger Dartmouth College
Adrian Furnham
Adrian Furnham BI Norwegian Business School
Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli
Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli University of Bologna

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