David Klein

David Klein is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Application Security, part of the Carl Friedrich Gauss Faculty at TU Braunschweig. His work focuses on web security and privacy, with specific expertise in static and dynamic analysis of vulnerabilities, program transformations, and GDPR compliance frameworks.

David's research spans multiple subfields, including browser fingerprinting, cross-site scripting (XSS), and memory corruption in WebAssembly. His 15 most recent publications (2013–2025) investigate topics like HTML sanitizer bypasses, privacy-enforcement frameworks, and developer behavior in privacy implementation. His work has been presented at top venues like USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, and PETS.

• 2024: Distinguished Paper Award Winner at 33rd USENIX Security Symposium

David actively participates in program committees for conferences such as ACM CCS, USENIX Security, and IEEE Euro S&P, contributing to the peer-review process in cybersecurity and privacy research.