SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
A group of SBA folks had a lot of fun learning more about the history of Niemetz and Schwedenbomben at the Schwedenbomben Workshop! Of course we had the most fun in making those delicacies!
Edgar Weippl comments on the cyber attack that hit Austria´s foreign ministry on Saturday around 11:00 am in “Mittag in Österreich” on January 8, 2020. Watch full interview.
SBA Research is wishing you Merry Christmas! If you want to keep your brain in shape over the holidays please refer to our Santa Claus riddle. Happy & peaceful holidays to all of you!… Read More
We are proud to announce that our research director Edgar Weippl got accepted as full professor for security & privacy at the University of Vienna. In addition to his role at SBA Research, he will take up his new responsibilities in early January 2020. Congratulations!… Read More
Meet Brandon – a passionate PEZ collector! After a long journey from Austria to the US, the SBA Research PEZ candy packs have arrived at Brandon’s home. We are very happy that we were able to support Brandon with his collection!
Rudolf Mayer was one of five experts that gave input and practical experience at the workshop “AI for Production”, hosted by the platform Industrie 4.0 in cooperation with the Mechatronik Cluster. He chaired the discussion group on the topic “is machine learning safe?”. Read More
Supporting BSides enables us to emphasize the emerging need for IT-Security in Austria and Europe. BSides features a series of international events promoting independent security research and education as well as discourse and collaboration within the community. Bringing this year´s edition to Vienna provided a great opportunity… Read More
As every year SBA Research is going to host two punch sessions at Graben 31, 1010 Vienna. Come and visit us, every punsch you drink will be donated to Lions Club Wien Vindobona. With your help many different projects and people in need can be supported. So join… Read More
CEO Markus Klemen gave a keynote about cybercrime, economic fraud and other threats at the FinanzTalk of the Finance Forum. The event was hosted by voestalpine. Other speakers were Robert Kastil providing his financial forecast for 2020 and Gilbert Wondracek. 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. ∞