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Niels Provos

Niels Provos

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
33
Citations
11321
World Ranking
12369
National Ranking
5011

Niels Provos publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niels Provos sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 67 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Niels Provos D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niels Provos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Niels Provos is affiliated with Lacework, located in the United States. Their professional work is positioned within the context of computer security and software engineering, though specific details regarding publications, coauthors, or research topics have not been documented in the available data.

There are no listed recent papers, making it difficult to ascertain specific contributions to academic journals or conferences. Similarly, information on frequent publication venues or common coauthors is not available, which limits insight into the collaborative networks or preferred platforms for disseminating research findings.

Data does not include main fields of study, subfields, or topical specializations associated with Niels Provos. As a result, more precise subject areas or disciplines where the scientist has concentrated efforts cannot be outlined.

There are no records of book publications, which suggests that the scientist's contributions are either predominantly in articles or other formats not captured here.

No awards or honors have been registered in the current data set, which means there is no formal recognition information accessible for this individual.

Considering the absence of detailed research outputs or bibliometric data, this profile outlines only the confirmed affiliation and status, without additional academic or professional particulars.

Best Publications

  • Hide and seek: an introduction to steganography

    N. Provos;P. Honeyman

  • A virtual honeypot framework

    Niels Provos

  • Defending against statistical steganalysis

    Niels Provos

  • Improving host security with system call policies

    Niels Provos

  • A framework for detection and measurement of phishing attacks

    Sujata Garera;Niels Provos;Monica Chew;Aviel D. Rubin

  • All your iFRAMEs point to Us

    Niels Provos;Panayiotis Mavrommatis;Moheeb Abu Rajab;Fabian Monrose

  • The ghost in the browser analysis of web-based malware

    Niels Provos;Dean McNamee;Panayiotis Mavrommatis;Ke Wang

  • Virtual Honeypots: From Botnet Tracking to Intrusion Detection

    Niels Provos;Thorsten Holz

  • Detecting Steganographic Content on the Internet

    Niels Provos;Peter Honeyman

  • Preventing privilege escalation

    Niels Provos;Markus Friedl;Peter Honeyman

  • A future-adaptive password scheme

    Niels Provos;David Mazières

  • Manufacturing compromise: the emergence of exploit-as-a-service

    Chris Grier;Lucas Ballard;Juan Caballero;Neha Chachra

  • System and method of accessing a document efficiently through multi-tier web caching

    Eric Russell Fredricksen;Fritz John Schneider;Jeffrey Adgate Dean;Sanjay Ghemawat

  • Intrusive software management

    Niels Provos;Yunkai Zhou;Clayton W. Bavor;Eric L. Davis

  • Encrypting virtual memory

    Niels Provos

  • Corrupted DNS Resolution Paths: The Rise of a Malicious Resolution Authority

    David Dagon;Chris Lee;Wenke Lee;Niels Provos

  • Ad Injection at Scale: Assessing Deceptive Advertisement Modifications

    Kurt Thomas;Elie Bursztein;Chris Grier;Grant Ho

  • Cybercrime 2.0: when the cloud turns dark

    Niels Provos;Moheeb Abu Rajab;Panayiotis Mavrommatis

  • Ghost turns zombie: exploring the life cycle of web-based malware

    Michalis Polychronakis;Panayiotis Mavrommatis;Niels Provos

  • SHELLOS: enabling fast detection and forensic analysis of code injection attacks

    Kevin Z. Snow;Srinivas Krishnan;Fabian Monrose;Niels Provos

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabian Monrose
Fabian Monrose University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Damon McCoy
Damon McCoy New York University
Vern Paxson
Vern Paxson University of California, Berkeley
Elie Bursztein
Elie Bursztein Google (United States)
Farnam Jahanian
Farnam Jahanian Carnegie Mellon University
Christian Rossow
Christian Rossow Saarland University
Patrick McDaniel
Patrick McDaniel University of Wisconsin–Madison
Angelos D. Keromytis
Angelos D. Keromytis Georgia Institute of Technology
Geoffrey M. Voelker
Geoffrey M. Voelker University of California, San Diego
Martin Casado
Martin Casado DELL (United States)

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