Dr. Christopher Schmitz
External Members
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Research Interests
- Information Security Management
- Information Security Risk Assessment
- Information Security Metrics
- Decision Support in Information Security
Curriculum Vitae
Christopher Schmitz was a scientific researcher in Prof. Rannenberg's research group and obtained his PhD degree in Computer Science. Before that, he received a joint Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science and Business Administration (“Wirtschaftsinformatik”) from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. In parallel, from his first semester until the beginning of his PhD, he worked in the Security Test Lab of the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) in Darmstadt, where he gained in-depth hands-on experience in penetration testing.
Reviewing Activities
He also regularly served as a reviewer for the following journals, conferences and workshops:
- Computers & Security
- European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS)
- International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC)
- IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom)
- International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRiSIS)
- Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems (NordSec)
- International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS)
- Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI)
- Sicherheit
- International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG)
- IFIP Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (ITDRR)
- International Conference on Security Standardisation Research (SSR)
- International Workshop on Security (IWSEC)
- Open Identity Summit (OID)
- CyberHunt
- Sensyble
Publications
Refereed Publications
- Schmitz, Christopher; Schmid, Michael; Harborth, David; Pape, Sebastian. 2021. "Maturity Level Assessments of Information Security Controls: An Empirical Analysis of Practitioners' Assessment Capabilities", Computers & Security, Vol. (108), Elsevier.
- Schmitz, Christopher; Pape, Sebastian. 2020. "LiSRA: Lightweight Security Risk Assessment for Decision Support in Information Security", Computers & Security, Vol. (90), Elsevier.
- Pape, Sebastian; Schmitz, Christopher; Kipker, Dennis-Kenji; Sekulla, André. 2020. "On the Use of Information Security Management Systems by German Energy Providers", In: Fourteenth Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection (ICCIP 2020), Arlington, Virginia, USA.
- Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, André; Pape, Sebastian. 2020. "Asset-Centric Analysis and Visualisation of Attack Trees", In: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Graphical Models for Security (GraMSec 2020), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- Sekulla, André; Schmitz, Christopher; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Voklmar. 2019. "Demonstrator zur Beschreibung und Visualisierung einer kritischen Infrastruktur", In: Human Practice. Digital Ecologies. Our Future. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2019), 2019, Siegen, Germany.
- Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, André; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volkmar; Rannenberg Kai. 2018. "Easing the Burden of Security Self-Assessments", In: Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2018), Dundee, Scotland.
- Dax, Julian; Hamburg, Daniel; Kreusch, Michael; Ley, Benedikt; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volker; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher; Terhaag, Frank. 2016. "Sichere Informationsinfrastrukturen für kleine und mittlere Energieversorger", Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI 2016), Teilkonferenz IT-Sicherheit für Kritische Infrastrukturen (Poster), Ilmenau, Germany.
- Dax, Julian; Ley, Benedikt; Pape, Sebastian; Schmitz, Christopher; Pipek, Volkmar; Rannenberg, Kai. 2016. "Elicitation of Requirements for an Inter-Organizational Platform to Support Security Management Decisions", In: Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2016), Frankfurt, Germany.
- Chehrazi, Golriz; Schmitz, Christopher; Hinz, Oliver. 2015. "QUANTSEC - Ein Modell zur Nutzenquantifizierung von IT-Sicherheitsmaßnahmen", In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2015), Eds. Oliver Thomas; Frank Teuteberg, Osnabrück, Germany.
Others
- Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volkmar; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, André; Terhaag, Frank. 2018. "Stand zur IT-Sicherheit deutscher Stromnetzbetreiber", Technical Report, https://dokumentix.ub.uni-siegen.de/opus/volltexte/2018/1394/, Universität Siegen.
- Dax, Julian; Ley, Benedikt; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volker; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, André. 2017. "Stand zur IT-Sicherheit deutscher Stromnetzbetreiber", Technical Report, http://dokumentix.ub.uni-siegen.de/opus/volltexte/2017/1185, Universität Siegen.
- Dax, Julian; Ivan, Ana; Ley, Benedikt; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volker; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, Andre. 2017. "IT Security Status of German Energy Providers", Technical Report, https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01254, Cornell University, arXiv.
Book Chapters
- Dax, Julian; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volkmar; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, André; Terhaag, Frank. 2018. "Das SIDATE-Portal im Einsatz", State of the Art: IT-Sicherheit für Kritische Infrastrukturen, pp. 145-150, Universität der Bundeswehr, Neubiberg.
- Dax, Julian; Hamburg, Daniel; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volkmar; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, André; Terhaag, Frank. 2018. "Sichere Informationsnetze bei kleinen und mittleren Energieversorgern (SIDATE)", State of the Art: IT-Sicherheit für Kritische Infrastrukturen, pp. 29, Universität der Bundeswehr, Neubiberg.
- Dax, Julian; Pape, Sebastian; Pipek, Volkmar; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher; Sekulla, André; Terhaag, Frank. 2018. "Stand der IT-Sicherheit bei deutschen Stromnetzbetreibern", State of the Art: IT-Sicherheit für Kritische Infrastrukturen, pp. 69-74, Universität der Bundeswehr, Neubiberg.
- Hamburg, Daniel; Niephaus, Thorsten; Noll, Wolfgang; Pape, Sebastian; Rannenberg, Kai; Schmitz, Christopher. 2018. "SIDATE: Gefährdungen und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen", In: State of the Art: IT-Sicherheit für Kritische Infrastrukturen, Eds. Rudel, D. and Lechner, U., pp. 51, Universität der Bundeswehr, Neubiberg.