SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
Congratulations to Dimitris E. Simos (Key Researcher at SBA Research) for completing his Habilitation at Graz University of Technology. As of Jan.1st 2021, Dimitris is now Associate Professor (non-tenured track, venia docendi for Applied Computer Science) with… Read More
Our second newsletter was sent out today. Check it out here! We introduce you to ISIS, our (I)IoT, Systems and Industrial Security Group. In our video we highlight their research in areas such as side-channel attacks, automating security risk assessments or injecting security features in firmware post… Read More
From Bad-Cop Culture to Sustainable Security Integration Since our entire working life runs on software, security is essential for almost every business operation; what is more, customer trust largely depends on whether security incidents happen and if so, how they are handled. To strongly root security in your company culture,… Read More
SBA’s paper “On the Usability of Authenticity Checks for Hardware Security Tokens” by Katharina Pfeffer, Alexandra Mai, Adrian Dabrowski, Matthias Gusenbauer, Philipp Schindler, Edgar Weippl, Michael… Read More
Philipp Schindler (SBA Research) will present our new paper at NDSS 2021 this year! RandRunner: Distributed Randomness from Trapdoor VDFs with Strong Uniqueness. Philipp Schindler, Aljosha Judmayer, and Markus Hittmeir (SBA Research); Nicholas Stifter (SBA Research, TU Wien); Edgar Weippl (SBA Research, Universität Wien) Abstract: Generating randomness collectively has been… Read More
SBA Research is happy to announce that our Qualification Network training program on Secure Software Development has been granted by the FFG. Beyond Coding – Software-Entwicklung der Zukunft – focuses on two key competencies of software developers of the future (i) mastering the complexity… Read More
Made for the makers! The 2021 edition of the sec4dev conference (22-25 Feb´21) comes with numerous exciting topics and special sessions. Addressed areas will cover application security, security testing & automation, cloud & container, machine learning & AI security and much more. As… Read More
3 years of collaboration within the IoT4CPS project is coming to an end: 16 consortium partners (including SBA Research) nearly 100 project team members involved 45+ deliverables achieved (+30 public documents) 7 white papers written, 6 posters illustrated… Read More
SBA Research and the Austrian Institute of Technology hosted the workshop “Cyber Resilience of Critical Infrastructures” during the CODE annual conference 2020 with around 60 participants. Resilience was specifically discussed in the context of hyperconnected software systems and what challenges and opportunities we face… Read More
Our first newsletter was sent out recently. If you have missed it, check it out here! Register for our newsletter to receive quarterly updates about SBA Research. Stay tuned for exciting news from our research groups and their projects! We’ll also let you… 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.... ∞