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Verena Zimmermann and Nico Ebert have been interviewed for the May episode of the Security Awareness Insider Podcast. Together with Katja Dörlemann from Switch and Marcus Beyer from Swisscom they discussed what Security can learn from Safety (and the other way round) . 

Link to podcast episode: https://www.securityawarenessinsider.ch/

The article Beyond Deterrence: A Systematic Review of the Role of Autonomous Motivation in Organizational Security Behavior Studies by Xiaowei Chen, Lorin Schöni, Verena Distler and Verena Zimmermann that has been published at the ACM CHI 2025 Conference received an Honorable Mention Award.

Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3706598.3713122

We would like to welcome Jens Opdenbusch from the Ruhr University Bochum as a guest researcher to our team!

The article "Fast jeder Zehnte nutzt die PIN 1234" that contains interview parts with Verena Zimmermann has been published by the Tagesanzeiger. Link: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/fast-jeder-zehnte-nutzt-die-pin-1234-267435884634

Four papers of the SPG group were accepted at this year's ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing System that takes place in Yokohama, Japan. The conference is the premier outlet for human-computer interaction research.  

We are grateful for financial support from the Hasler Foundation to facilitate Noé Zufferey's project on peronal information interference and AI.  

Verena Zimmermann has been selected to serve on this year's program committee of the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2025), a prime venue for human-centered cybersecurity research.  

The article "Authenticate As You Go: From Exploring Smart Home Authentication with Daily Objects to Authenticating with Primary Tasks" by Zimmermann et al. is featured in the ETH news article.

An InnoCheque has been granted by Innosuisse to start of an exciting project with SWITCH and White Rabbit Communications.  

The new SRF Podcast series "Die Cookiefalle" features Verena Zimmermann and our collaborator Nico Ebert.