SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
In this episode of “Mayrs Magazin” covering the Pegasus affair, Edgar Weippl explains why end user devices are the best attack points in mobile communication.
Starting today, the 26th conference on Applications of Computer Algebra (ACA’2021) takes place in a virtual setting until next Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Dimitris Simos, the leader of SBA Research’s MATRIS research group, serves as the program chair. The conference is organized… Read More
On July 6th, as part of the TU Wien course “Digitale Kompetenzen @ Parlament”, our Key Researchers Martina Lindorfer and Johanna Ullrich gave lectures for members and staff of the Austrian parliament. They covered the topics security, networks and cyber-physical systems. … Read More
Today, Klaus Kieseberg of the MATRIS research group presented the paper “On the applicability of combinatorial methods to disaster exercise generation”, a joint work between Bernhard Garn, Klaus Kieseberg, Dominik Schreiber and Dimitris E. Simos (all MATRIS… Read More
SBA and AIT are hosting the workshop “Is this you? Identity and Authenticity in the Digital Age” at the annual CODE conference of the Bundeswehr University Munich on the 21st July 2021 (09:30-12:30). The CODE Annual Conference is an excellent medium for presenting current scientific developments to a… Read More
Johanna Ullrich (SBA Research) and Otmar Lendl (CERT.at) were guests in “Punkt Eins” (Ö1) and answered questions from the audience. Cybercrime is increasing in quantity as well as quality, and everyone who is connected via the Internet may… Read More
Rudolf Mayer, head of our Machine Learning and Data Management Group (MLDM), is one of the guest editors of ERCIM News’ current issue on privacy-preserving computation. He and his team also contributed an article about WellFort, a… Read More
Within just one week, Michael Wagner attended IWOCA2021 and the 2021 World Congress on Global Optimization (WCGO 2021). Scientists, engineers, mathematicians and practitioners from a variety of related disciplines exchanged ideas and presented original research results in the theory and applications of… Read More
Stephanie Jakoubi, SBA’s Head of Strategic Partner Management, has collected 200 inspiring stories from women in IT. We are also proud to welcome our 56th FEMtech intern and are piloting a new initiative for female STEM students. Read more here (in German). Read More
In this episode of the podcast Zukunft Denken, Alexander Schatten talks about deep fakes. He discusses the historical background of technical innovations, how essential information was conveyed before the 20th century and where we are heading today. He is asking the question what Deep… Read More
A new paper, “Systematization of Knowledge: The Design Space of Digital Payment Systems with Potential for CBD,” led by first author Judith Senn, research assistant at the University of Innsbruck, and co-authored by Aljosha Judmayer, researcher at the University of Vienna, Nicholas Stifter, researcher at SBA Research, ... ∞
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. ∞