The research group SECUSO (Security • Usability • Society) belongs to the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The group was founded in 2011 by Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer at the TU Darmstadt. SECUSO moved to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology at the beginning of 2018. SECUSO is a member of Kastel, K-CIST and KD²Lab.
On June 19, Karlsruhe will once again celebrate Bunte Nacht der Digitalisierung with a diverse program of events throughout the city. The citizens' panel ‘Wir forschen digital’ will also be there with a booth at City Hall! Are you interested in digital technologies and can you imagine participating in a study yourself? Stop by and learn more about our current research. We’ll be joined by STAR, our Security Teaching and Awareness Robot, who educates people about phishing.
More about Bunte Nacht der DigitalisierungIn June, the Karlsruhe Science Office will launch a pop-up store at Kaiserstrasse 145 under the motto “Today, Karlsruhe studies. . .” We are delighted to contribute to this initiative with the “Wir forschen digital” Citizen Panel! From June 24 to 30, you can share your experiences with digital services in Karlsruhe at our interactive station and compare them with the results of the Nutzerklimatest. The activity is part of “Wir forschen digital on Tour,” so the data will be incorporated into current research. Stop by and share your perspective with us!
More about the Pop-Up StoreDas Paper “Phishing-URLs versus Phishing-E-Mails" von Leoni Schmidt-Enke, Benjamin Berens, Anne Hennig, Daniela Reimer und Melanie Volkamer wurde zur Veröffentlichung in der Zeitschrift Datenschutz und Datensicherheit (DuD) akzeptiert. Der Beitrag untersucht die unterschiedlichen Strategien, die Cyberkriminelle zur Erstellung von Links in betrügerischen Nachrichten verwenden und leitet daraus Empfehlungen vor Awareness-Maßnahmen ab.
About the journalThe 41th AIK Symposium will take place in Karlsruhe on the afternoon of November 6, 2026. This year's symposium is being co-organized by the SECUSO research group and the human-centered systems lab (h-lab). The title of this year's symposium is "Menschenzentrierte Informatikforschung" (Human Centered Compuer Science Research). In addition to presentations on the topic, there will also be time for networking and exchange. The symposium is organized once a year by the Verein Angewandte Informatik Karlsruhe e.V. (AIK). This year's event is expected to take place online and in person at the Novotel Karlsruhe City. The full program and registration information will be available on the website in due course.
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