SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
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
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.
At the 32nd Mercur Innovations Award from WKO Wien Stephanie Jakoubi talked about security champions, opportunities and security risks of digitalization and the gap of security experts. Security champions could be a way of closing that gap. Read More
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 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
Stefan Jakoubi and Yvonne Poul gave a talk on “Supply Chain Risk Management” at the LSZ event on “Industry 4.0”, taking place on November 21, 2019 in Graz. Read more
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
Philipp Reisinger gives a talk at the “Security in the Age of Industry 4.0 and Digitization” hosted by CONECT on November 20, 2019. Current developments including progressive digitization, connectivity and industrial evolution represent great threats to economy and society. OT security has become crucial to preventing increased vulnerability. Philipp… Read More
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
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. ∞