Scholar
Philip Klostermeyer
Google Scholar ID: 9vFf4MAAAAAJ
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Citations & Impact
Citations
43
H-index
4
i10-index
1
Publications
11
Co-authors
5
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- ["2025: arXiv preprint 'From Paranoia to Compliance: The Bumpy Road of System Hardening Practices on Stack Exchange'", '2025: Published at IEEE S&P 2025: '"I’m pretty expert and I still screw it up": Qualitative Insights into Experiences and Challenges of Designing and Implementing Cryptographic Library APIs'', "2025: Talk at IU Campus, Frankfurt: 'Video Game Development from the Perspective of Security Research'", "2024: Published at ACM CCS '24: 'Skipping the Security Side Quests: A Qualitative Study on Security Practices and Challenges in Game Development'", '2024: Talk at devcom Developer Conference: '"There were sacrifices to reach that deadline" Security Challenges in Game Development'', "2024: Poster at CISPA Summer School 2024: 'Lets talk about games!'", 'Peer reviewer for top venues: SOUPS, IEEE S&P, CHI (2025); ACSAC (artifacts), SOUPS (posters) (2023)']
Research Experience
- PhD researcher at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, researching usable security in game development
- Member of TeamUSEC investigating security and privacy throughout the game development lifecycle
- Taught 'Introduction to Empirical Methods of Human-Centered Computing' at Leibniz University Hanover in 2024
- Involved in 'Empirical Information Security' course in 2024
- Assisted in 'Human Centered Security Lab' and related courses in 2023
Background
- Usable security and privacy researcher and PhD candidate at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany
- Member of TeamUSEC, a research group at CISPA in cooperation with Leibniz University of Hanover, led by Prof. Dr. Sascha Fahl
- Research focuses on computer security and data protection challenges in video game development, including secure programming, security in QA, secure supply chain management, and user data protection
- Aims to improve security and privacy in game development through research, talks, and teaching
- Supervises student theses at Leibniz University of Hanover
