Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust (WSTAST)

The Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust (STAST) is an interdisciplinary academic forum that explores the intersection between human behavior and technical security systems. It focuses on understanding how social, organizational, and psychological factors influence the design, implementation, and effectiveness of secure systems. Unlike purely technical security venues, STAST emphasizes the importance of human-centered approaches, recognizing that many security failures arise from usability issues, misaligned incentives, or organizational constraints. The workshop brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields such as computer science, psychology, sociology, and human-computer interaction. Topics commonly discussed include usable security, security awareness, privacy decision-making, trust modeling, and risk communication. STAST encourages empirical studies, theoretical frameworks, and practical case analyses that contribute to improving security practices in real-world environments. Over the years, STAST has become a key venue for advancing research on how users interact with security technologies and how systems can be designed to align better with human needs and behaviors. Its proceedings contribute valuable insights for both academia and industry, particularly in designing more resilient and user-friendly security solutions.

Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust (WSTAST) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Cybersecurity, Socio-technical systems, Human factors in security, Privacy and trust, Usable security, Risk perception and behavior, usable security, security awareness, privacy decision-making, trust modeling, risk communication, theoretical frameworks, and practical case analyses that contribute to improving security practices in real-world environments , Online or Print , Yearly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 2325-1689, E-ISSN: 2325-1697, Established: 2013,
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE