Publications

His peer-reviewed work is in usable security: two first-author papers on the user experience of smart speaker authentication, published at Mensch und Computer 2022 and in i-com. That work is not cryptography. His current work is on deployed post-quantum cryptography.

Peer-reviewed

Alexa, It's Me! An Online Survey on the User Experience of Smart Speaker Authentication

Renz, A., Baldauf, M., Maier, E., Alt, F.
Mensch und Computer 2022, ACM · 10.1145/3543758.3543765

Authentication methods for voice services on smart speakers: a multi-method study on perceived security and ease of use

Renz, A., Neff, T., Baldauf, M., Maier, E.
i-com 22(1), De Gruyter, 2023 · 10.1515/icom-2022-0039

Technical reports

Post-Quantum Risk in Deployed Zero-Knowledge Architectures: A Layered Analysis

Renz, A. · Encryptorium, 2026 · 10.5281/zenodo.21425310 · source
This is a self-published technical report. It has not been peer reviewed.

Education

MSc in Business IT

ZHAW School of Management and Law, 2018–2020.
The two peer-reviewed papers above came out of the thesis, on user authentication for voice-based services.

BSc in Aviation, specialisation Operational Engineering

ZHAW School of Engineering, Winterthur, 2015–2018.

Certifications

CISSP

ISC2, 2026.

Certified Defensive Security Analyst (CDSA)

Hack The Box, 2023–2024.

Record

ORCID 0009-0002-4182-4463
dblp pid/329/4170
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