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

Upcoming Events:

SBA @ IT-SECX 2026
02.10.2026
Training: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – Prüfungsvorbereitungskurs – Teil 1
05.10.2026 - 07.10.2026
Linux Plumbers Conference 2026
05.10.2026 - 07.10.2026

Recent News:

We_0wn_Y0u CTF Team scores 9th Place at RuCTFE

We_0wn_Y0u, a CTF team comprised of SBA researchers and students/alumni of TU Wien, secured the 9th place at RuCTFE, out of almost 400 registered participants. This was made possible by the support of 40 students from the Capture the Flag SE LVA at TU Wien, despite RuCTFE being the first… Read More
We_0wn_Y0u CTF Team scores 9th Place at RuCTFE

Platform Industry 4.0 – How to do Social Engineering?

At the security and safety practice day of Platform Industry 4.0 Alexander Schatten talked about social engineering and how to enter IT systems, steal money or trick someone to get into an office building without getting recognized as an intruder.
Platform Industry 4.0 – How to do Social Engineering?

ICT of the Future – Kick-off & Matchmaking

SBA Research was presenting their fundet IKT der Zukunft project about decentralized Identities in the blockchain at the FFG event on November 13, 2019. Stephanie Jakoubi and Dominik Beron (Danube Tech) talked about the research questions and how to set up a research project. Twitter

Christian Kudera is selected as one of 15 NGI Explorers

Christian Kudera is selected as one of 15 NGI Explorers from a total of 130 applicants. NGI Explorers [1] is the program to launch Europe’s best Internet talent into technology expeditions to the United States, catalyzing the impact of their disruptive ideas. Explorers get immersed in… Read More
Christian Kudera is selected as one of 15 NGI Explorers

sec4dev Submission Deadline extended

The submission deadline has been extended until November 25, 2019! Submit now and join the family: https://sec4dev.io/call-for-proposals Made for the makers We focus on practical, applicable, hands-on, and security-related contents for folks involved in software development. Apart from technical aspects, sec4dev also covers organizational, legal, and… Read More

Ludwig Kampel and Dimitris Simos @ MACIS 2019

Ludwig Kampel joined the conference on Mathematical Aspects of Computer and Information Sciences 2019 (MACIS), http://macis2019.gtu.edu.tr/ ,which took place from 13th to 15th November at Gebze Technical University in Gebze/Istanbul. MACIS is a biennial conference aiming to bridge the domains of data fusion, preprocessing, mapping, knowledge representation as well… Read More