Scholar
PD Dr. Zinaida Benenson
Google Scholar ID: ZDQ7tdIAAAAJ
Head of Human Factors in Security and Privacy Group, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Citations & Impact
Citations
992
H-index
17
i10-index
25
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Resume
Academic Achievements
- May 2025: Paper on backup and recovery behavior presented at ACM CHI 2025 (Yokohama, Japan)
- November 2024: Paper on attitudes to anti-phishing training presented at ACM CCS (Salt Lake City, USA)
- October 2024: Two papers presented at EuroUSEC (Karlstad, Sweden)
- July 2024: Paper on NVD usage and attitudes accepted by ACM DTRAP Journal
- May 2024: Paper on inconsistency of CVSS v3.1 received Distinguished Paper Award at 45th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
- November 2023: Panelist at APWG eCrime Symposium
- June 2022: Panelist at IoT Security Panel, IFIP SEC 2022 (Copenhagen)
- Frequent invited speaker at events organized by BSI, BMBF, and academic societies on human-centered security and privacy
Background
- Holds a permanent senior research position at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) in the Lab for IT Security Infrastructures
- Leads the 'Human Factors in Security and Privacy' research group
- Erasmus+ program coordinator for the Department of Computer Science
- Research interests include: human factors in security and privacy (mental models, decision making, usability), and security and privacy in pervasive computing (IoT, cyber-physical systems)
- Teaches courses: 'Human Factors in Security and Privacy' (summer term) and 'Security and Privacy in Pervasive Computing' (winter term)