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A brief overview of my curriculum vitae.
Basics
Name | Christian Mainka |
Title | Student councilor (Studienrat i.H.) |
Position | Tenured researcher |
Location | Faculty of Computer Science, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany |
Research Topics
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Web Security
- Browser security: Cross-Site Leaks, Same-Origin Policy
- Web protocol security: Single Sign-On, OAuth, OpenID Connect, REST
- Focusing on vulnerabilty detection, attack development, and flow analyses
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Data Security
- Document security: PDF, ODF, OOXML
- Data format security: JSON, XML
- Focusing on signature, encryption, information leakage, and code execution
Education
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2017 PhD
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Title: "On Message-Level Security" -
2012 Master IT Security
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Master Thesis' Title: "Automatic Penetration Test Tool for Detection of XML Signature Wrapping Attacks in Web Services" -
2013 Bachelor Applied Computer Science
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Bachelor Thesis' Title: "Developing a Security Analysis Tool for OpenID-Based Single Sign-on Systems" -
2010 Bachelor IT Security
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Bachelor Thesis' Title: "Automatic Penetration Test Tool for Detection of XML Signature Wrapping Attacks in Web Services"
Experience
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Since 2018 Tenured researcher, student councilor (Studienrat i.H.)
Chair for Network and Datasecurity
Faculty of Compter Science
Ruhr University Bochum, GermanyTenured Research Faculty. -
2017 Postdoctoral researcher
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany -
Since 2014 Co-Founder & CTO
Hackmanit GmbH, Bochum, Germany. Penetration Tests, Training, Threat Analysis -
2012 - 2017 PhD
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Awards
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2022 2nd place on CSAW
- For the paper "Oops... Code Execution and Content Spoofing: The First Comprehensive Analysis of OpenDocument Signatures"
- Awarded with 500 EUR on the Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), Category: Applied Research Competition.
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2021 ACM CCS Best Paper Award
- For the paper "XSinator.Com: From a Formal Model to the Automatic Evaluation of Cross-Site Leaks in Web Browsers"
- Awarded on the ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security.
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2019 1st place on CSAW
- For the paper "1 Trillion Dollar Refund: How To Spoof PDF Signatures"
- Awarded with 700 EUR on the Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), Category: Applied Research Competition.
Networks
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GYF Member of the Global Young Faculty VII
- Applied Science Communication Working Group.
- Initiative of Stiftung Mercator in cooperation with the University Alliance Ruhr
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DFG Associate Principal Investigator of DFG CASA
- Research Hub C: Secure Systems
- DFG Cluster of Excellence: Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries
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IETF IETF OAuth Working Group
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ISO ISO Technical Commitee PDF Specification
- Working Group Securing PDF
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DIN Working group PDF
Services
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Since 2021 Faculty Council
- Full member of the faculty council of computer science
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Since 2022 Quality Improvement Commission
- Member of the quality improvement commission for improving teaching and studies. Full member since 2023.
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Reviews Reviewer and Sub-Reviewer
- ACNS, AsiaCCS, CCS, EuroS&P, IJIS, S&P, ...