SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
Today BsidesVienna took place, a great community-driven event on computer security. The badge this year was a USB condom, to enforce secure charging of USB devices on-the-go. We were proud to support them by giving numerous presentations and as a sponsor. Read More
Wir gratulieren ganz herzlich allen drei Gewinnern unseres Cyber Security-Wettbewerbs für Start-ups StartSecure, die gestern im Rahmen des Futurezone-Awards gekürt wurden. Ganz besonders freuen wir uns mit Cumulo/nimbusec, die über den Sieg und ein Preisgeld von 10.000 € jubeln durften. Ebenso prämiert: CyberTrap auf dem zweiten… Read More
Last week Peter Kieseberg from SBA Research joined a meeting of the MPM4CPS COST-action in Novi Sad. The MPM4CPS action deals with multi-paradigm modelling in the area of cyber-physical systems and SBA will bring a more security-related perspective to the consortium, especially since cyber-physical systems have been identified as… Read More
Beim sbaPRIME Kick-Off Event am 12. November 2015 wurden neben dem Überblick über die Angebote, Möglichkeiten und Vorteile einer sbaPRIME – Mitgliedschaft, aktuelle Themen aus dem Informationssicherheitsbereich präsentiert. Die Keynote von Ira Winkler, Irari Report, USA zu „The Sophisticated Attack Myth: Hiding Unsophisticated Security Programs” hat den Nachmittag eingeleitet. Haben Sie… Read More
Are you passionate about innovative information security technologies and ready to revolutionize an existing market? Then seize this unique opportunity and start & develop your own company in close cooperation with an established industry partner and inspiring mentors. Check out the SBA Research Accelerator in cooperation with WhatAVenture and apply… Read More
The project CISA represents a consistent fusion of existing research activities in the field of national cyber security, in order to develop a process to establish cyber-situational awareness within a scientifically sound concept. The researchers in the CISA project will work in close cooperation with national stakeholders to create a… Read More
SBA Research was presented at the IT Sec-X, the annual security exchange event of the FH St. Pölten, which took place on November 6th 2015. Wilfried Mayer gave a talk about Testing TLS in the E-mail Ecosystem at Large and Peter Kieseberg takled about “Directions in Database Forensics”. Philipp Reisinger presented his study about information security in Germany,… Read More
Die fünf Finalisten des Wettbewerbs Start Secure 2015 haben sich in den letzten Tagen bei einem dreitägigen Bootcamp auf ihren entscheidenden Pich vor der Jury vorbereitet. Der Pitch vor einer prominent besetzten Jury ging am letzten Tag der Workshop-Reihe über die Bühne, der Öffentlichkeit werden die… 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). ∞