On March 31st, 20206, Mattia Mossano attended the Festschrift Symposium for Professor Angela Sasse on behalf of the SECUSO research group. He presented the paper "Guidelines for Usable Security Interventions" by Benjamin Berens, Mattia Mossano, Maxime Veit, Anne Hennig, and Melanie Volkamer. In total, 85 current and former students, collaborators, colleagues and friends came together at University College London to celebrate 35 years of Angela Sasse at UCL, at a Festschrift Symposium recognising and celebrating her contributions to the field of Computer Science and human-centred security. Papers published in the "Festschrift" can be found on the website or in the Festschrift that is available on Amazon.

Anne Hennig supports the program committee of the Conference on Sociotechnical Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP2026). SCP is a new conference, formed by merging two well-established and successful venues in the area of sociotechnical, user-centric security and privacy: EuroUSEC (European Symposium on Usable Security) and STAST (International Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security). Peter Mayer and Melanie Volkamer also support the conference as members of the steering committee. Papers for SCP 2026 must be registered by May 20, 2026, and submissions are accepted until May 25, 2026. Accepted papers will be published through IEEE. SCP 2026 will take place September 2nd and 3rd, 2026 in Belval, Luxembourg.

In the latest episode of the KIT podcast "Nachgefragt, wissen wie's läuft," Tobias Hilt appeared as a guest to discuss the research he is conducting as part of his dissertation at SECUSO. The episode focuses on the topic of secure online elections and how the human factor should be taken into account when conducting online elections.  

On Saturday, May 9, Europe Day will be celebrated at Karlsruhe’s Marktplatz. Under the motto “We Make Europe”, local and regional advocates for Europe are organizing a diverse program of interactive activities. The “Wir forschen digital” Citizens' Panel is also participating in collaboration with the Center Humans and Technology at KIT. Come to the pavilion in front of the MobiLab starting at 11 am and learn more about Wir forschen digital—with a little luck, you might even win a prize!