I am the Content Security Tech Lead at Mozilla with over 10 years of experience in Secure Systems Development.
My work ranges from designing systems with fail safe defaults to fighting cross site scripting as well as preventing man-in-the-middle attacks.
I received my PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine where I based my research on information flow tracking techniques within web browsers.
Prior to being a graduate research scholar, I received a M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technical University Graz, Austria.
⇧ PUBLICATIONS (PEER REVIEWED)
Extending the Same Origin Policy with Origin Attributes;
Tanvi Vyas, Andrea Marchesini, Christoph Kerschbaumer;
International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy; Porto, Portugal, February 2017
Enforcing Content Security by Default within Web Browsers;
Christoph Kerschbaumer;
International Conference on Cybersecurity Development; Boston, Massachusetts, November 2016
Injecting CSP for Fun and Security;
Christoph Kerschbaumer, Sid Stamm, Stefan Brunthaler;
International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy; Rome, Italy, February 2016 (Best Paper Award)
Information Flow Tracking meets Just-In-Time Compilation;
Christoph Kerschbaumer, Eric Hennigan, Per Larsen, Stefan Brunthaler, Michael Franz;
ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2013.
Invited to present at the International Conference on High-Performance and Embedded Architectures and Compilers; Vienna, Austria; January 2014
CrowdFlow: Efficient Information Flow Security;
Christoph Kerschbaumer, Eric Hennigan, Per Larsen, Stefan Brunthaler, Michael Franz;
Information Security Conference; Dallas, Texas; November 2013
Towards Precise and Efficient Information Flow Control in Web Browsers;
Christoph Kerschbaumer, Eric Hennigan, Per Larsen, Stefan Brunthaler, Michael Franz;
International Conference on Trust & Trustworthy Computing; London, United Kingdom; June 2013
First-Class Labels: Using Information Flow to Debug Security Holes;
Eric Hennigan, Christoph Kerschbaumer, Per Larsen, Stefan Brunthaler, Michael Franz;
International Conference on Trust & Trustworthy Computing; London, United Kingdom; June 2013
SlimVM: A Small Footprint Java Virtual Machine for Connected Embedded Systems;
Christoph Kerschbaumer, Gregor Wagner, Christian Wimmer, Andreas Gal, Christian Steger, Michael Franz;
Conference on the Principles and Practice of Programming in Java; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; August 2009
⇧ PUBLICATIONS (MAGAZINES)
Can we build a Privacy-Preserving Web Browser we all deserve?;
Christoph Kerschbaumer, Luke Crouch, Tom Ritter, Tanvi Vyas;
ACM XRDS Magazine, Summer 2018, Volume 24, No. 4
Probabilistic Information Flow Control in Modern Web Browsers;
PhD Thesis, Secure Systems and Software Laboratory,
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences,
University of Califorina, Irvine, 2014 (Advisor: Prof. Michael Franz)
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SlimVM: A Small Footprint Java Virtual Machine for Connected Embedded Systems;
Masters Thesis, Institute for Technical Informatics, Technical University Graz, Austria, 2009
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⇧ INVITED TALKS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS
Preventing Data Exfiltration Attempts in the Browser;
Mozilla Security Research Summit 2018; London, United Kingdom; November 2018
Enforcing Content Security by Default in Firefox;
INRIA; Sophia Antipolis, France; October 2018
Could we use Information Flow Tracking to generate more sophisticated blacklists?
Web Application Security Seminar, Schloss Dagstuhl; Germany; August 2018
Enforcing Security in Firefox;
SBA Research; Vienna, Austria; May 2017
Are We Secure Yet? Adversarial thinking to build Secure Systems;
Linux Days Graz; Graz, Austria; April 2017
Probabilistic Information Flow Control in Modern Web Browsers;
Microsoft Research; Redmond, Washington; January 2015
Information Flow Control in Modern Web Browsers;
University of Stanford; California; December 2014
Information Flow in Web Browsers;
The SoCal Programing Languages and Systems Workshop; University of California, Santa Barbara, May 2013
Information Flow in Web Browsers;
The SoCal Programing Languages and Systems Workshop; University of California, San Diego, December 2011
Bytecode-Based Security for JavaScript;
International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems;
Newport Beach, California, March 2011
Bytecode-Based Security for JavaScript;
The SoCal Programing Languages and Systems Workshop;
University of California, Los Angeles, December 2010
⇧ BLOGPOSTS, PRESS AND MEDIA
Mozilla - Content Security Tech Lead, since 2017
Mozilla - Security and Privacy Engineer, since 2013
Mozilla - Graduate Program Firefox OS, 2012
Qualcomm - Graduate Research Program, 2011
UC Irvine - Graduate Research Assistant, 2010
Bravestone - Software Engineer, 2009
TU Graz - Software Engineer, 2005
Introduction to Computer Science II, Teaching Assistant in Winter 2012
Abstract behavior of classic data structures (stacks, queues, sorted and unsorted maps), alternative implementations. Recursion. Mathematical analysis of time and space efficiency, program analysis and correctness, system design techniques, programming paradigms.
Compilers and Interpreters, Teaching Assistant and Reader in Spring 2011 and Fall 2011
Introduction to the theory of programming language processors covering lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, intermediate representations, code generation, optimization, interpretation, and run-time support.
Best Paper Award, International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, 2016
Roberto Padovani Scholarship Award, Qualcomm, Inc. ($5.000), 2011
Graduate Student Fellowship, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science ($90,000+), 2010
Fellowship for Excellent Students Abroad, Rudolf Chaudoire Foundation ($5,000), 2008
Scholarship for Short Time Academic Research and Expert Courses Abroad, TU Graz ($1,000), 2008
Fellowship for Excellent Students, Julius Raab Foundation ($5,000), 2003
Scholarship for Students, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research ($50,000+), 2002
⇧ PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, 2019
International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, 2018
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