Scott Ruoti

Most-cited papers

Confused Johnny: when automatic encryption leads to confusion and mistakes
Scott Ruoti, Nathan Kim, Benjamin W. Burgon, Timothy W. van der Horst +1 more
2013Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security106 citations
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Why Johnny Still, Still Can't Encrypt: Evaluating the Usability of a Modern PGP Client
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, D. Zappala, Kent E. Seamons
2015arXiv.org103 citations
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A Tale of Two Studies: The Best and Worst of YubiKey Usability
Joshua Reynolds, Trevor Smith, Ken Reese, Luke Dickinson +2 more
2018IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy97 citations Open access
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"We're on the Same Page": A Usability Study of Secure Email Using Pairs of Novice Users
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Scott Heidbrink, Mark O'Neill +4 more
2015International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems94 citations
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TLS Proxies: Friend or Foe?
Mark O'Neill, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons, D. Zappala
2014ACM/SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference73 citations Open access
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Authentication Melee: A Usability Analysis of Seven Web Authentication Systems
Scott Ruoti, Brent Roberts, Kent E. Seamons
2015The Web Conference67 citations
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Weighing Context and Trade-offs: How Suburban Adults Selected Their Online Security Posture
Scott Ruoti, T. Monson, Justin Wu, D. Zappala +1 more
2017Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security54 citations
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Private Webmail 2.0: Simple and Easy-to-Use Secure Email
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Travis Hendershot, D. Zappala +1 more
2015ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology48 citations
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A Comparative Usability Study of Key Management in Secure Email
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, T. Monson, D. Zappala +1 more
2018SOUPS @ USENIX Security Symposium38 citations
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“It Basically Started Using Me:” An Observational Study of Password Manager Usage
Sean Oesch, Scott Ruoti, James Simmons, Anuj Gautam
2022International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems34 citations
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TrustBase: An Architecture to Repair and Strengthen Certificate-based Authentication
Mark O'Neill, Scott Heidbrink, Scott Ruoti, Jordan Whitehead +6 more
2016USENIX Security Symposium30 citations
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Johnny's Journey Toward Usable Secure Email
Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons
2019IEEE Security and Privacy28 citations Open access
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A Usability Study of Four Secure Email Tools Using Paired Participants
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Luke Dickinson, Scott Heidbrink +8 more
2019ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security28 citations Open access
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Systematization of Password ManagerUse Cases and Design Paradigms
James Simmons, O. Diallo, Sean Oesch, Scott Ruoti
2021Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference24 citations Open access
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Strengthening Password-based Authentication
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Kent E. Seamons
2016WAY@SOUPS20 citations
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SoK: Securing Email - A Stakeholder-Based Analysis
Jeremy Clark, P. van Oorschot, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons +1 more
2020Financial Cryptography19 citations
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MessageGuard: A Browser-based Platform for Usable, Content-Based Encryption Research
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, T. Monson, D. Zappala +1 more
2015arXiv.org17 citations
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Content-based security for the web
A. Afanasyev, J. A. Halderman, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons +3 more
2016New Security Paradigms Workshop16 citations Open access
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TLS Inspection: How Often and Who Cares?
Mark O'Neill, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons, D. Zappala
2017IEEE Internet Computing15 citations
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Private Facebook Chat
C. Robison, Scott Ruoti, Timothy W. van der Horst, Kent E. Seamons
20122012 International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and 2012 International Confernece on Social Computing15 citations
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The Emperor’s New Autofill Framework:A Security Analysis of Autofill on iOS and Android
Sean Oesch, Anuj Gautam, Scott Ruoti
2021Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference14 citations Open access
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User Attitudes Toward the Inspection of Encrypted Traffic
Scott Ruoti, Mark O'Neill, D. Zappala, Kent E. Seamons
2015Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security13 citations
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Standard Metrics and Scenarios for Usable Authentication
Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons
2016WAY@SOUPS12 citations
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Securing Email
Jeremy Clark, P. van Oorschot, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons +1 more
2018arXiv.org11 citations
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Improving Password Generation Through the Design of a Password Composition Policy Description Language
Anuj Gautam, Shan Lalani, Scott Ruoti
2022SOUPS @ USENIX Security Symposium10 citations
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End-to-End Passwords
Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons
2017New Security Paradigms Workshop9 citations
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"If I could do this, I feel anyone could: " The Design and Evaluation of a Secondary Authentication Factor Manager
Garrett Smith, T. Yadav, Jonathan Dutson, Scott Ruoti +1 more
2023USENIX Security Symposium7 citations
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Intrusion Detection with Unsupervised Heterogeneous Ensembles Using Cluster-Based Normalization
Scott Ruoti, Scott Heidbrink, Mark O'Neill, Eric Gustafson +1 more
20172017 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS)7 citations Open access
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Security and Privacy Experiences of First- and Second-Generation Pakistani Immigrants to the US: Perceptions, Practices, Challenges, and Parent-Child Dynamics
Warda Usman, John Sadik, Taha, Ran Elgedawy +2 more
2025IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy6 citations
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Helping Johnny Understand and Avoid Mistakes: A Comparison of Automatic and Manual Encryption in Email
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Travis Hendershot, D. Zappala +1 more
2015arXiv.org6 citations
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A Usability Study of Secure Email Deletion
T. Monson, Joshua Reynolds, Trevor Smith, Scott Ruoti +2 more
20185 citations Open access
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Layering Security at Global Control Points to Secure Unmodified Software
Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons, D. Zappala
2017IEEE Cybersecurity Development5 citations
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Augmenting Centralized Password Management with Application-Specific Passwords
Trevor Smith, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons
2017Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security5 citations
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MessageGuard: Retrofitting the Web with User-to-user Encryption
Scott Ruoti, D. Zappala, Kent E. Seamons
20154 citations
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Johnny and Jane: Analyzing Secure Email Using Two Novice Users
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Scott Heidbrink, Mark O'Neill +4 more
2015arXiv.org3 citations
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POSTER: TLS Proxies: Friend or Foe?
Mark O'Neill, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons, D. Zappala
2014Conference on Computer and Communications Security3 citations
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A Comparison of Three Approaches to Assist Users in Memorizing System-Assigned Passwords
Michael Clark, Scott Ruoti, Michael Mendoza, Kenneth R. Seamons
2024Proceedings 2024 Symposium on Usable Security2 citations Open access
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DR AF T SoK : Blockchain Technology and Its Potential Use Cases
Scott Ruoti
20192 citations
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A Comparison of PGP, IBE, and Password-based Secure Email
Scott Ruoti, Daniel Zappala
20162 citations
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Blockchain technology: what is it good for?
Scott Ruoti, B. Kaiser, A. Yerukhimovich, Jeremy Clark +1 more
2020Communications of the ACM1 citations
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SoK: Securing Email -- A Stakeholder-Based Analysis (Extended Version)
Jeremy Clark, P. van Oorschot, Scott Ruoti, Kenneth R. Seamons +1 more
20181 citations
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There's Hope for Johnny: Automatic vs. Manual Encryption.
Yung Ryn Choe, Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Travis Hendershot +2 more
20151 citations
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"Setting up TLS authentication was hell": A Usability Study of Client Certificate Authentication
Abubakar Sadiq Shittu, Clay Shubert, John Sadik, Scott Ruoti
20260 citations
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Passwords and FIDO2 Are Meant To Be Secret: A Practical Secure Authentication Channel for Web Browsers
Anuj Gautam, T. Yadav, Garrett Smith, Kenneth R. Seamons +1 more
2025Conference on Computer and Communications Security0 citations Open access
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Development of a Hardware-in-the-Loop Fancy Testbed to Support Cybersecurity Research, Training, and Education for Nuclear Power Plants
Fan Zhang, Christopher M. Spirito, R. Boring, Stacy Baskin +2 more
202112th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)0 citations
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PACE: Proactively Secure Accumulo with Cryptographic Enforcement
Scott Ruoti, Ariel Hamlin, Emily Shen, R. Cunningham
20170 citations
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Usable, Secure Content-Based Encryption on the Web
Scott Ruoti
20160 citations
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Stakeholder-Based Analysis
Jeremy Clark, P. van Oorschot, Scott Ruoti, Kent E. Seamons +1 more
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There’s Hope for Johnny: Comparing Automatic and Manual Encryption in Email
Scott Ruoti, J. Andersen, Travis Hendershot, Yung Ryn Choe +2 more
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