SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
Deputy director of the Stockholm Resilience Center, Victor Galaz, opened the session with a key note on the possible social-ecological benefits of AI. After the initial introduction of the topic by Alexander Schatten (Senior Consultant) and Kevin Mallinger (Business Development Manager), the interdisciplinary participants were encouraged to discuss technological approaches… Read More
We had a great time at the second securepizza.club hosted by SBA Research (16.01.2020)! With over 40 participants, 30 pizzas, drinks and 2 very interesting IT security videos! A big thanks to all representatives from Research and Security Consulting ! In this way we are able to give students… Read More
Very interesting talk by Stefan Jakoubi (Head of Professional Services) and Andreas Boll (Security Consultant) about Supply Chain Security. In this talk we presented organizational & technical solutions which enhance the security level in your company! As an example problem for supply chain risks we looked into software dependencies… Read More
China and the Power of Information China sees the world as moving into the Information Age, where information has become the currency of national power, both economic and security. Chinese efforts to secure “information dominance,” whether at the strategic, operational, or tactical level, should be seen in this light. Read More
A group of SBA folks had a lot of fun learning more about the history of Niemetz and Schwedenbomben at the Schwedenbomben Workshop! Of course we had the most fun in making those delicacies!
Edgar Weippl comments on the cyber attack that hit Austria´s foreign ministry on Saturday around 11:00 am in “Mittag in Österreich” on January 8, 2020. Watch full interview.
SBA Research is wishing you Merry Christmas! If you want to keep your brain in shape over the holidays please refer to our Santa Claus riddle. Happy & peaceful holidays to all of you!… Read More
We are proud to announce that our research director Edgar Weippl got accepted as full professor for security & privacy at the University of Vienna. In addition to his role at SBA Research, he will take up his new responsibilities in early January 2020. Congratulations!… Read More
Meet Brandon – a passionate PEZ collector! After a long journey from Austria to the US, the SBA Research PEZ candy packs have arrived at Brandon’s home. We are very happy that we were able to support Brandon with his collection!
Rudolf Mayer was one of five experts that gave input and practical experience at the workshop “AI for Production”, hosted by the platform Industrie 4.0 in cooperation with the Mechatronik Cluster. He chaired the discussion group on the topic “is machine learning safe?”. Read More
Last week, our annual event for partners and friends of SBA Research, IMPACT, brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. The afternoon provided an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in security, AI, and innovation, celebrate our long-standing relationships, and mark 20 years of SBA Research’s contributions to cutting-edge cybersecurity and trustworthy digital innovation. ∞
A group of dedicated young researchers presented their work at the 22st ICT Security Conference on 16 and 17 September 2026, which was organized by the Austrian Armed Forces. ∞
A new paper, “Automated Reasoning for Indistinguishability in the CCSA,” co-authored by Laura Kovács, key researcher at SBA Research and full professor at the Faculty of Informatics of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and Matteo Maffei, key researcher at SBA Research and Professor at TU Wien, has been accepted for presentation at the 33rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). ∞