Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries

Women in Security and Cryptography Workshop (WISC)

The workshop is aimed at female PhD students and outstanding female students in the field of IT security. It offers expert presentations and room for exchanges between senior and junior female researchers in this field. The long-term goal of WISC is to build a strong international network of junior women researchers and create a valuable academic program. WISC is a sister event to the prestigious Women in Theory (WIT) computer security conference and is held on a biennial basis.

Review: WISC 2025

From June 16 to 18, 2025, the third edition of the WISC workshop took place in the Pumpenhaus at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum. Over a total of three days, female* cybersecurity scientists gathered for a variety of outstanding presentations, personal exchanges, and exciting workshops.

Speakers:

Lejla Batina, Radbound University (The Netherlands)
"Side-channel analysis of cryptographic implementations: What can AI do for you?"
Zinaida Benenson, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
"Shedding Light on CVSS Scoring Inconsistencies"
Shafi Goldwasser, Berkeley University (USA)
"How can the Theory of Cryptography contribute to AI Safety"
Martina Lindorfer, TU Wien (Austria)
"Lessons learned by a reluctant academic…”
Doreen Riepel, CISPA / Saarbrücken
"Modeling and Proving Security: From Foundations of Key Exchange to Real-World Cryptography"
Cristina Vintila, Google (Switzerland)
"Building Secure Systems in the Cloud & AI Era --- Insights and Opportunities for Aspiring Experts"

Workshops:

Introduction to Science Slam/Ted Talk
Empower your Voice – Being Confident in Daily Communication
Leading with Confidence

Download: WISC 2025 program

Impressions of the WISC 2025

Review: WISC 2023

From June 27 to 29, 2023, the Cluster of Excellence CASA hosted the WISC workshop for the second time, this time in presence. Female graduates and outstanding students from the field of cyber security and related areas spent three exciting days in Bochum to learn and network together.

Speakers:

Claudia Diaz, KU Leuven
"The Nym network: Incentivized mixnets"
Cynthia Sturton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Bringing Symbolic Execution to the Security Verification of Hardware Designs"
Yixin Zou, Max-Planck-Institut for Security and Privacy
"Learning from the People: A Human-Centered Approach in Security and Privacy Research"
Shruti Tople, Microsoft Research
"Unlocking the Vault: Analyzing Data Leakage in Language Models"
Maria Eichlseder, TU Graz
"Ascon - The new NIST standard for lightweight cryptography"
Jade Philipoom, Google/Open Titan
"The Joy of Cryptographic Implementation"

Plus: panel discussions, poster presentations, networking activities and much more!

To the detailed review of WISC 2023

Our flyer about WISC 2023 provides further insights into the three exciting workshop days!

Impressions of the WISC 2023

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