SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
We warmly congratulate Prof. Johanna Ullrich, key researcher at SBA Research, on her appointment to the Professorship in Communication Technologies at the University of Vienna. Over the past years, Johanna Ullrich has gained a strong reputation for her outstanding research in network security, internet protocols, and critical infrastructures. Her… Read More
On February 25th we had our SBA Security Meetup @ Dynatrace in Vienna.
Catherine Easdon gave a talk on Security and Privacy by Design in the SDLC: Why, When, How?. She talked about security and privacy and why they are so important but tricky to get right. Read More
End of February, our colleague Florian Holzbauer, researcher at SBA Research, gave a talk on "From Austria to Ukraine and back: Active measurements to detect Internet outages" at the AT:NOG event in Linz. Read More
In September, Gabriel Gegenhuber, researcher at SBA Research and PhD candidate at the University of Vienna, presented his work on Telecommunication Security in 4G/5G Networks at the Mobile Security Conference in Stralsund, Germany. His talk focused on methodologies for active… Read More
Gabriel Gegenhuber’s new paper “Why E.T. Can’t Phone Home: A Global View on IP-based Geoblocking at VoWiFi” was recently accepted to the MobiSys conference happening in Tokyo in June 2024. The paper exposes existing blocking practices within worldwide mobile network operators that prevent customers from using Wi-Fi calling during roaming. Read More
On the 20th of September, Johanna Ullrich was part of the International Digital Security Forum Vienna. Therefore, she was part of a panel discussion on the topic of security in the energy sector and, in addition to this, like each of the participants in the discussion, Johanna gave… Read More
On national radio, our key researcher Dr. Johanna Ullrich discussed the topic of state observation, its legal and technical implications together with Dr. Christof Tschohl, Scientific Director of Centre for Digital Human Rights. The recording of the live show is available here: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20230628/723315/Sicherheit-durch-Ueberwachung-Sicherheit-vor-Ueberwachung
On June 26, the ERIS Team had the opportunity of attending the TMA Conference. Johanna Ullrich served as the TPC chair, ensuring a well-organized and fruitful event. During the conference, Markus Maier, Gabriel… Read More
The research on Combinatorial Security Testing (CST) by the MATRIS group of SBA Research is amongst the top five nominations for the Houska prize, Austria's largest private award for application-oriented research, in the category non-university research. ... ∞