SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
In mid-October, our yearly partner and friends of SBA Research event IMPACT brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. One afternoon with discussion about the latest developments in security, open source, and research and to celebrate our long-standing relationships. This year’s program… Read More
On a warm summer evening end of July, the SBA Research employees and alumni came together for our annual SBA BBQ – a tradition that brings colleagues, friends, and former team members together in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. The event offered the perfect opportunity to reconnect with alumni, share… Read More
We are proud to announce that we joined the Linux Foundation Europe, further strengthening our role within the international open-source community. With this step, we are reinforcing our commitment to advancing security and resilience in digital infrastructures. ... ∞
David Schmidt, PhD student at CD-Lab AsTra, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab, and Edgar Weippl, scientific director at SBA Research and full professor for security & privacy at the University of Vienna, received the Distinguished Paper Award at ACM CCS 2025 (A*-rated) for their work Leaky Apps: Large-scale Analysis of Secrets Distributed in Android and iOS Apps. ... ∞