Floragasse 7 – 5th floor, 1040 Vienna

SBA Research is a research center for Information Security
funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.

Upcoming Events:

OWASP Chapter Vienna Meetup x SBA Security Meetup
28.01.2026
Kubernetes Attack and Defense Wizardry with Stormcenter
03.03.2026 - 06.03.2026
OWASP Chapter Vienna Meetup x SBA Security Meetup
31.03.2026

Recent News:

Award for Cybersecurity Quiz App

The “Cybersecurity Quiz” app, which was developed in cooperation with CSA, OIAT (saferinternet.at) and ovos, was awarded the LernApp certificate. It was one of 25 innovative apps to be awarded the “Learning Apps Certificate of Approval” by the Federal Ministry Republic of… Read More
Award for Cybersecurity Quiz App

IT-S NOW 2022 – Talk by Matthias Eckhart

On June 3rd the IT-S NOW 2022 took place for the first time at the FH Campus Wien. The highlights of this event were the keynotes given by Bruce Schneier, fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and Peter Gutmann, researcher at the… Read More
IT-S NOW 2022 – Talk by Matthias Eckhart

Matthias Eckhart at Summit Industrie 4.0 Österreich 2022

On May 30th Matthias Eckhart held a talk at the “Summit Industrie 4.0 Österreich”. The event took place in the Vienna Cityhall. Title The title of the talk was “Mit dem digitalen Zwilling zur sicheren Produktion”. Matthias gave a brief overview of the research project SecurityTwins. Project… Read More
Matthias Eckhart at Summit Industrie 4.0 Österreich 2022

Conference Paper: Are HTTPS Configurations Still a Challenge?: Validating Theories of Administrators’ Difficulties with TLS Configurations

The paper “Are HTTPS Configurations Still a Challenge?: Validating Theories of Administrators’ Difficulties with TLS Configurations” has been accepted for the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2022. The conference will take place June 26th to July 1st, 2022. Title Are HTTPS Configurations Still a Challenge?: Validating Theories of Administrators’… Read More

SBA Research @ IDSF22

From May 31 – June 2 the IDSF22 – International Digital Security Forum takes place at the Vienna Museums Quartier. The theme Secure digitalisation for a safe, green and sustainable future will be visible in many professional talks and a top-class programme. Some of the topics of the conference are… Read More

Wifi Online Article

Philipp Reisinger wrote an article about cyber risks for the WIFI Wien blog. Title Cyber-Risiken in einer vernetzten Welt – und wie Sie die Oberhand behalten(Cyber risks in a connected world – and how to stay on top of them) Link to the blog… Read More

Incite Talks by Philipp Reisinger

Philipp Reisinger held two online talks at the Incite course Data & IT Security. Titles of the talks 03.05. „Grundlegende Überlegungen: IT-Sicherheitsstrategie & Risikomanagement“ 11.05. „Netzwerksicherheit – Endpointmanagement“ Speaker Philipp Reisinger is information security consultant at SBA Research and lecturer at FH St. Pölten. Read More

Workshop “FAIR for Sensitive Data”

On March 23, 2022, Tomasz Miksa (FAIR Office Austria / SBA Research) was part of the workshop “FAIR for Sensitive Data”. The goal of the workshop was to inform researchers on technical and legal aspects of working with sensitive data. The participants also learned about the WellFort platform. On the… Read More