Lorenzo Neil
Scholar

Lorenzo Neil

Google Scholar ID: xKoJoOEAAAAJ
Institute for Defense Analyses
Usable SecurityHuman-Centered-CybersecuritySoftware SecurityPhishing
Citations & Impact
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Citations
96
 
H-index
5
 
i10-index
5
 
Publications
13
 
Co-authors
9
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Publications: 'It Should Be Easy but... New Users' Experiences and Challenges with Secret Management Tools', 'A five-year-old could understand it' versus 'This is way too confusing': Exploring Non-expert Understandings and Perceptions of Cybersecurity Definitions', 'Who Comes Up with this Stuff? Interviewing Authors to Understand How They Produce Security Advice', 'Analyzing Cybersecurity Definitions for Non-experts', 'What Challenges Do Developers Face About Checked-in Secrets in Software Artifacts?', 'What are the Practices for Secret Management in Software Artifacts?', 'Investigating Web Service Account Remediation Advice'.
Research Experience
  • Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, using qualitative and quantitative research methods to assess technologies and systems used by government-sponsored organizations; worked on projects analyzing cybersecurity definitions for non-experts and the influence of observable characteristics within phishing emails at NIST.
Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University (NCSU); Graduate Student Measurement Science and Engineering Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Background
  • Currently a Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, using qualitative and quantitative research methods to assess technologies and systems used by government-sponsored organizations. During his doctoral studies in computer science at North Carolina State University (NCSU), he was a member of the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research Lab, with broader research interests including usable security and secret management.