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.
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.
About SCPIn 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.
Listen to the episodeOn 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!
About Europe DayWe have released a new update for PassSec+. Many modern websites are designed dynamically, which means that login fields are often only displayed or changed after the page has loaded or after a user clicks a button such as “Login” or “Continue”. We have improved PassSec+ to better recognize such dynamically added or updated fields. This helps the extension work more reliably on modern websites. In addition, the new version includes smaller technical improvements and is now available as version 3.4.1 via the Mozilla Add-ons website.
Link: PassSec+