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Karen Renaud is a Scottish Computer Scientist, researcher and professor.working on all aspects of Human-Centred Security and Privacy. Her research been funded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineers and the Fulbright Commission.

She is particularly interested in deploying behavioural science techniques to improve security behaviours, and in encouraging end-user privacy-preserving behaviours. Her research approach is multi-disciplinary, essentially learning from other, more established, fields and harnessing methods and techniques from other disciplines to understand and influence cyber security behaviours.

Karen is associate editor for Transactions on Computer Forensics and Security, Information Technology and People, the International Journal of Human Computer Studies and the Journal of Intellectual Capital.

Karen Renaud
Karen Renaud
Nationality: British, South African
Alma Mater: University of Pretoria,
University of South Africa,
University of Glasgow
Years Active: 1991 – Present

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Education


Karen did her Honours degree in Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics and Computer Science at the University of Pretoria. She initially worked in industry before taking a career break to start a family. She completed her Masters degree part time as a University employee. In 1997, she was awarded an Association of Commonwealth Universities scholarship to complete a PhD at the University of Glasgow.

Career


Karen spent a number of years working as a temporary lecturer at the University of South Africa before joining as a full time lecturer in 1991. She took a break from 1997 to 2000 to complete a PhD before returning to the University of South Africa as Associate Professor.
She later accepted a post as Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, where she worked for 16 years. At present, she is Professor of Cybersecurity at Abertay University in Dundee.

Research


Karen’s research is wide ranging, covering all aspects of human-centred security, but also covering knowledge visualisation and HCI4D topics.

Selected Bibliography

Behavioural Security:

  • Merrill Warkentin, Karen Renaud, Bob Otondo. A secure relationship with passwords means not being too attached to how you pick them. The Conversation. February 2019
  • Karen Renaud, Bob Otondo, Merrill Warkentin. “This is the way ‘I’ create my passwords” … does the endowment effect deter people from changing the way they create their passwords? Computers & Security Volume 82, May 2019, Pages 241-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2018.12.018
  • Nora Alkaldi and Renaud, Karen, Encouraging Password Manager Adoption by Meeting Adopter Self-Determination Needs (Extended Version) (October 2, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3259563
  • Karen Renaud, Verena Zimmerman. Nudging Folks Towards Stronger Password Choices: Providing Certainty is the Key. Behavioural Public Policy. Volume 3, Issue 2, 12 February 2018, pp. 228-258. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2018.3 https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2018.3
  • Karen Renaud and Verena Zimmermann. Ethical Guidelines for Nudging in Information Security & Privacy. International Journal of Human Computer Studies. Volume 120, December, Pages 22-35 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.05.011
  • Karen Renaud & Merrill Warkentin. Risk Homeostasis in Information Security: Challenges in Confirming Existence and Verifying Impact. NSPW, Oct 2017, San Francisco, USA

Responsibilization:

  • Karen Renaud, Craig Orgeron, Merrill Warkentin, P. Edward French Cyber Security Responsibilization: An Evaluation of the Intervention Approaches Adopted by the Five Eyes Countries and China. Public Administration Review. To Appear
  • Karen Renaud, Stephen Flowerday, Merrill Warkentin, Craig Orgeron, William Cockshott. Is the Responsibilization of the Cyber Security Risk Reasonable and Judicious? Computers & Security. 78 (2018) 198–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2018.06.006 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404818303262

Children and Cyber:

  • Suzanne Prior and Karen Renaud. Age-Appropriate Password “Best Practice” Ontologies for Early Educators and Parents. To Appear in the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2020.100169. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212868920300040?via%3Dihub
  • Karen Renaud. A Strong Password Cannot Keep a Child Safe Online. Network Security. p20. January 2020.

Intellectual Capital:

  • Ivano Bongiovanni, Karen Renaud, George Cairns. Securing Intellectual Capital: An Exploratory Study in Australian Universities. Journal of Intellectual Capital. To Appear. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-08-2019-0197
  • Karen Renaud, Basie von Solms, Rossouw von Solms. How does Intellectual Capital Align with Cyber Security? Journal of Intellectual Capital. Vol. 20 No. 5, pp. 621-641. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-04-2019-0079
  • Ian Ferguson, Karen Renaud, Sara Wilford, Alastair Irons. PRECEPT: A FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DIGITAL FORENSICS INVESTIGATIONS. Journal of Intellectual Capital. To Appear 2020 https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-05-2019-0097

Paradigm Challenges:

  • Verena Zimmermann and Karen Renaud. Moving from a “Human-as-Problem” to a “Human-as-Solution” Cybersecurity Mindset. International Journal of Human Computer Studies. Volume 131, November 2019, Pages 169-187. Special Issue:50 Years of IJHCS. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2019.05.005 https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Zc2x3pfaRfSky
    Winner of second prize IANUS award for scientific-technological peace and security research