Extending the Heilmeier Catechism to Evaluate Security and Privacy Systems: Who is Left Out?

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Kevin R. B. Butler, Kurt Hugenberg, Eakta Jain, Apu Kapadia, Tadayoshi Kohno, Elissa M. Redmiles, Franziska Roesner, Mattea Sim, Patrick Traynor, Hanna Barakat

Published: 2025, Last Modified: 26 May 2026IEEE Secur. Priv. 2025EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: The Heilmeier Catechism consists of a set of questions that researchers and practitioners can consider when formulating research and applied engineering projects. In this article, we suggest explicitly asking who is included and who is left out of consideration.