Zilverling

A. Dirksen (Alexandra)

Assistant Professor
EEMCS-CS-SCS
Zilverling
a.dirksen@utwente.nl
+31534899097
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I am a researcher in the field of Security & Privacy of Information Systems - especially those involving Web Technologies.Ā My main focus here lies on examining the security and privacy guarantees of underlying protocols on which we rely every day. I love to distribute responsibilities and to lower dependencies -Ā for which applied crypto methods are often well suited.

In addition to their technical building blocks, I observeĀ information systems from a birdā€™s-eye perspectiveĀ to identify socio-technical dependencies, to shed light on underlying trust assumptions, and to explore ways to reduce the complexity of the processes involved.

Expertise

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

    • Privacy

  • Computer Science

    • Misplaced Trust

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Publications

2026

Fair Enough? Assessing Open Science Practices on a Top-Tier Security Privacy Conference (2026)In 2026 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW). Heinrich, T., Giessler, S., Klein, D. & Dirksen, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/spw72489.2026.00034A Matter of (Mis) Trust: Critical Reļ¬‚ections on the Leap of Trust in Web Technologies (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. Dirksen, A.https://doi.org/10.24355/DBBS.084-202603051345-0

2025

The Importance of Being Earnest: Shedding Light on Johnny's (False) Sense of Privacy (2025)In 2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP). Agahari, W., Dirksen, A., Johns, M., de Reuver, M. & Fiebig, T.https://doi.org/10.1109/sp61157.2025.00150Don't Patch the Researcher, Patch the Game: A Systematic Approach for Responsible Research via Federated Ethics Boards (2025)In NSPW '24: Proceedings of the New Security Paradigms Workshop (pp. 126-141). Dirksen, A., Giessler, S., Erz, H., Johns, M. & Fiebig, T.https://doi.org/10.1145/3703465.3703475

2023

Network Responses to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: A Cautionary Tale for Internet Freedom (2023)In 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 23). Ramesh, R., Raman, R. S., Virkud, A., Dirksen, A., Huremagic, A., Fifield, D., Rodenburg, D., Hynes, R., Madory, D. & Ensafi, R.

2021

LogPicker: Strengthening Certificate Transparency Against Covert Adversaries (2021)In Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies; Vol. 2021). Dirksen, A., Klein, D., Michael, R., Stehr, T., Rieck, K. & Johns, M.https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2021-0066

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Address

University of Twente

Zilverling (building no. 11)
Hallenweg 19
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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Room: 2003 (Zilverling)

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