Preface

摘要

The 9th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security (STAST 2019) aimed at stimulating research on systems secure in the real work and in the interplay with real users. The term "socio-technical," in this context, meant a reciprocal relationship between technology and people. Inherently, a workshop like this brought together members from different security sub-communities and was multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary by nature.Indeed, there was a considerable diversity in submissions received, in terms of topics addressed as well as in methodologies employed. There were a number of submissions establishing and reflecting on research methodology. We received 4 systematic analyses of security protocols, partially based on formal methods and partially based on cryptography, as well as an attack paper for a real-world system. There were a range of submissions on human factors, including eye tracking studies, true experiments, as well as field studies. Finally, we received 7 review papers, systematic literature reviews, and surveys. In terms of methodologies, there were 15 submissions with a qualitative approach. Of the other 13 submissions, 4 relied on formal or cryptographic methods to support their argument, while 9 used statistical inference.