SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
In August, our colleagues Tanja Šarčević and Daryna Oliynyk, both researchers at SBA Research, presented their posters at the CISPA-ELLIS Summer School 2025 on Trustworthy AI: Secure and Safe Foundation Models in Saarbrücken, Germany.... Read More
A group of dedicated young researchers presented their work at the 21st ICT Security Conference on 25 and 26 June 2025, which was organized by the Austrian Armed Forces. They impressed the audience with their… Read More
The MATRIS Research Group of SBA Research attended the 14th International Workshop on Combinatorial Testing (IWCT 2025) in Naples, Italy, the premier venue for research on combinatorial testing. The topics presented include algorithms for the construction of discrete mathematical objects and repositories thereof, novel applications of combinatorial testing including AI… Read More
Bernhard Garn participated as trainee in the 1st NERO Winter School on Fire Spread and Behavior Reconstruction, which was held between February 18 – 21, 2025, at the Command Center of the Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil (engl.,Portuguese National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection;… Read More
On December 13th, SBA Research employees gathered at the Kardinal König Haus in Vienna for a one-day strategy seminar. The event began with an overview from our management team, reflecting on SBA Research’s journey and highlighting the center’s evolution over time. Presentations from all research groups,… Read More
Philipp Frenzel, Gabriel Gegenhuber, Florian Holzbauer, Markus Maier and Jakob Rosenblattl – all researchers from the ERIS research group – attended this year`s TMA PhD School and Conference in Dresden. Read More
We are thrilled to announce that, Dimitris Simos (Key Researcher, MATRIS lead, and Head of Strategic Research) has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Applications of Computer Algebra Early Researcher Award (ACA-ERA). Recognized as “one of the most dynamic and active researchers” by the award committee,… Read More
Im Exemplar des OCG Journals 01/23 durften einige Kolleg:innen der SBA Research mitwirken und ihre Forschung präsentieren. Edgar Weippl schrieb dabei über Österreichs IT-Nachwuchs. “Unbekannte Protokolle testen” hieß der Beitrag von Manuel Leithner. Die ehemalige FEMTech Praktikantin Diana Strauß schrieb während ihrer… Read More
SBA Research is now listed as “Practitioner” on the official OWASP SAMM website: https://owaspsamm.org/practitioners As stated on their site, a SAMM practitioner is anyone who provides assessment, roadmap services, or tools based on the whole SAMM model. SBA Research’ Professional Services offers the SSDLC-Gap-Analysis… Read More
The systematic mapping study on combining Machine Learning and Semantic Web has been accepted by ACM Computing Surveys. This was an international joint effort of Semantic Web Company (SWC), Vienna University of Technology, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), University of Vienna, SBA Research, University of Mannheim, and Vrije… 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. ... ∞