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Security Awareness Insider Podcast

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/
Honorable Mention for "Beyond Deterrence"

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
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Article on PIN use published in Tagesanzeiger

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 accepted at ACM CHI

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.
Project Proposal granted by Hasler Foundation
We are grateful for financial support from the Hasler Foundation to facilitate Noé Zufferey's project on peronal information interference and AI.
SOUPS Program Committee

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 SPG group in the ETH news

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.
InnoCheque granted

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