SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
David Schmidt, PhD student at CD-Lab AsTra, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab, and Edgar Weippl, scientific director at SBA Research and full professor for security & privacy at the University of Vienna, received the Distinguished Paper Award at ACM CCS 2025 (A*-rated) for their work Leaky Apps: Large-scale Analysis of Secrets Distributed in Android and iOS Apps. ... Read More
Exploring LLMs to Support Test Processes OBJENTIS Software Integration GmbH teamed up with SBA to explore the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) for translating natural language test cases into executable languages. Motivated by data protection requirements, the focus was placed on open… Read More
On October 23, the Diversity Think Tank team hosted the re:think diversity congress at the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. Jeanine Lefèvre, project lead of Fem4CyberSec and research coordinator, and Gregor Roschitz, Human Resources, were there for SBA Research. ... Read More
Florian Holzbauer's new paper "Destination Reachable: What ICMPv6 Error Messages Reveal About Their Sources" was accepted to the ACM Internet Measurement Conference happening in Madrid in November 2024. ... Read More
On October 18, 2024 Dimitris Simos gave an invited talk titled “COMBINATORIAL METHODS FOR TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS” [DS] in the Lecture Series of the Research Institute for Supply Chain Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) [LS-RI_SCM]. Dimitris started his talk with some background… Read More
Ö1 Dimensions: Is science becoming more conformist? In this inaugural Ö1 Dimensions event on the topic of science and conformity, Alexander Schatten – senior researcher at SBA Research, was interviewed alongside other guests such as Ulrike Felt (University of… Read More
Tomasz Miksa, senior researcher at SBA Research, co-chaired and co-organized a workshop titled “Elevating Data Management Planning: Interoperability of RDM Services through Machine-Actionability,” held on 19 February 2024 in Edinburgh, Great Britain, as part of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC24). The workshop facilitated discussions… Read More
Als Partner des European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) AI5production bietet SBA Research den Kurs “Cyber Security Fundamentals” an. Das Ziel des Kurses ist es, die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer auf eine eintägige Reise in die immer wichtiger werdende Welt der Cyber-Security mitzunehmen. Dabei wird ein umfassender Überblick über… Read More
This publication by members of SBA’s CORE Research group presents a novel AI-based approach for estimating the volatility of time series data. This approach is based on a solid ground truth obtained from a vast array of theoretical models and is tested on real-life financial data to show its applicability… Read More
From September 19 to 21, around 65 talented and curious women and FINTA* immersed themselves in the exciting world of cybersecurity at the University of Vienna. This continuing education and networking program is unique in Europe and is designed to make it easier to enter and advance in IT security. ... ∞
The 20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES 2025) took center stage in Ghent, Belgium, from August 11-14, 2025, offering a platform for experts and enthusiasts to explore the latest developments in the field. Co-located with ARES 2025 was the 8th International Symposium for Industrial Control System & SCADA Cyber Security Research.... ∞