SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
the BEST summer school on information security starts at the Vienna University of Technology. All lectures are held by researchers and professionals from SBA.
In JR Center for „User-friendly Secure Mobile Environments“ deals with security aspects in current and future mobile applications – e.g., credit and debit card functionalities, cash transactions or (un)locking doors. Center director is Priv.-Doz. DI Dr. René Mayrhofer; the center located at the FH Oberösterreich. Company Partners are: A1 Telekom… Read More
An interview concerning social network security. Ö1 aired the interview in their daily journals on June 8th 2012. Listen to the interview here: OE1_Journal120608_Huber
SBA Research participated at the innovation panel “IT Security and Privacy”, organized by the City of Vienna! Articles about and photos of the event on the ZIT blog. … 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. ∞