Sonia Chiasson

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sonia Chiasson is a scholar working on Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Chiasson has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Information Systems, 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 42 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Sonia Chiasson's work include User Authentication and Security Systems (44 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (38 papers) and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (29 papers). Sonia Chiasson is often cited by papers focused on User Authentication and Security Systems (44 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (38 papers) and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (29 papers). Sonia Chiasson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Sonia Chiasson's co-authors include Robert Biddle, Paul C. van Oorschot, Alain Forget, Leah Zhang-Kennedy, Furkan Alaca, Elizabeth Stobert, Anil Somayaji, José M. Fernandez, Yi Xu and Fabian Monrose and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Computing Surveys, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies and Computers & Security.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Chiasson

89 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Sonia Chiasson
Saranga Komanduri United States
Michelle L. Mazurek United States
Martina Angela Sasse United Kingdom
Kami Vaniea United Kingdom
Janne Lindqvist United States
Richard Shay United States
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia Chiasson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonia Chiasson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonia Chiasson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sonia Chiasson. Sonia Chiasson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2025). Software security in practice: knowledge and motivation. 11(1).
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2021). "I'm Literally Just Hoping This Will Work: " Obstacles Blocking the Online Security and Privacy of Users with Visual Disabilities.. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 263–280. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang-Kennedy, Leah & Sonia Chiasson. (2021). "Whether it's moral is a whole other story": Consumer perspectives on privacy regulations and corporate data practices. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 197–216. 2 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2021). Replication: Effects of Media on the Mental Models of Technical Users. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 119–138. 1 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2020). 'Lime', 'Open Lock', and 'Blocked'. 1–13. 8 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2019). Mixed Pictures: Mental Models of Malware. 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2018). Online privacy and aging of digital artifacts. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 177–195. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang-Kennedy, Leah, et al.. (2018). The aftermath of a crypto-ransomware attack at a large academic institution. UWSpace (University of Waterloo). 1061–1078. 13 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2016). Bend Passwords: using gestures to authenticate on flexible devices. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 20(4). 573–600. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang-Kennedy, Leah, Sonia Chiasson, & Robert Biddle. (2016). The Role of Instructional Design in Persuasion: A Comics Approach for Improving Cybersecurity. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 32(3). 215–257. 29 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2015). User Perceptions of Sharing, Advertising, and Tracking.. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 53–67. 21 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2015). Heuristics for the evaluation of captchas on smartphones. PRISM (University of Calgary). 126–135. 8 indexed citations
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Fernandez, José M., et al.. (2013). A clinical study of risk factors related to malware infections. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 97–108. 51 indexed citations
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Forget, Alain, Sonia Chiasson, & Robert Biddle. (2012). Supporting Learning of an Unfamiliar Authentication Scheme. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2012(1). 1002–1011. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Yi, et al.. (2012). Security and usability challenges of moving-object CAPTCHAs: decoding codewords in motion. USENIX Security Symposium. 4–4. 36 indexed citations
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Barrera, David, et al.. (2012). Tapas. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 89–98. 28 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, et al.. (2011). Auction Hero: The Design of a Game to Learn and Teach about Computer Security. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2011(1). 2201–2206. 4 indexed citations
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Forget, Alain, Sonia Chiasson, & Robert Biddle. (2007). Persuasion as Education for Computer Security. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2007(1). 822–829. 11 indexed citations
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Chiasson, Sonia, Paul C. van Oorschot, & Robert Biddle. (2006). A usability study and critique of two password managers. USENIX Security Symposium. 1. 148 indexed citations

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