The paper addresses the over-reliance on GDPR in digital privacy research by systematically normalizing heterogeneous global data protection laws into a unified, data-lifecycle-aligned abstraction.

This study profiles user vulnerability to phishing by identifying key psychological and behavioral factors, revealing that most users are high-risk due to hasty decision-making rather than lacking tec…

The paper evaluates web tracking across ten countries, finding that opt-in jurisdictions (like the EU) generally enforce stronger privacy protections, significantly reducing tracker connections compar…

This paper proposes using homoglyphic substitution, replacing characters with visually similar alternatives, as a method to degrade and prevent the extraction of personal information via adversarial s…

The paper analyzes current and proposed age verification methods and proposes an alternative using open standards and cryptography to achieve secure, privacy-preserving age checking.

This study surveyed Icelandic organizations to find that human factors, such as poor training and culture, pose significant cybersecurity risks that often bypass technical controls.

This pilot study investigates SME readiness for Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and proposes a realistic three-stage adoption path based on survey data from IT professionals.

The paper introduces the PrivacyIceberg framework to systematically categorize and empirically demonstrate the high risk of automated, deep personal profiling using LLM agents, revealing a significant…

This cross-national review analyzed government cybersecurity guidance for smart homes, finding that while general security advice is abundant, structured, step-by-step incident response guidance is ra…

This paper investigates privacy risks associated with credential disclosure in the upcoming EU Digital Identity Wallet, demonstrating that users tend to overshare information, and proposes a Credentia…

This case study systematically measures how placing anonymization at different points (dataset vs. generated answer) within the RAG pipeline affects the privacy-utility trade-off, demonstrating that p…

The study analyzed TLS certificate and domain features in the Danish .dk namespace to distinguish phishing sites, concluding that while combined features are useful, no single attribute reliably ident…

The paper introduces a novel, scalable, and provably secure biometric authentication system designed to authenticate millions of users against cloud databases without requiring auxiliary identifiers.

This survey analyzes privacy-enhancing encryption technologies (ABE, PRE, SE) for data sharing, proposing a comprehensive framework, identifying potential attacks, and evaluating their multi-dimension…

The paper proposes an LLM-enhanced methodology using RAG to automate the creation of security profiles, ensuring compliance with Ukrainian cybersecurity regulations and international best practices.

The paper quantifies a 'Coverage Gap' in Chile's critical infrastructure cyber disclosure framework, finding that only a tiny fraction of designated operators meet modern vulnerability disclosure stan…

The paper empirically investigates the lead marketing ecosystem, revealing a highly non-compliant system that aggressively collects, shares, and monetizes sensitive personal data through deceptive bro…

This paper analyzes location-data provenance risks across multiple European sectors, proposing a risk taxonomy and architectural design for a next-generation digital trust infrastructure that treats l…

The paper investigates how digital devices in U.S. prisons create privacy and security risks for incarcerated users, finding that pervasive surveillance and arbitrary policies negatively impact their…

GuardSec is a deployable, multi-modal web platform designed for the African context that enables non-technical users to perform real-time digital fraud detection and assess their own connection securi…