SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research, gave a talk titled “Fraktale Aktivierungsfunktionen in neuronalen Netzen” at the Social Artificial Intelligence Night (SAINT) 2026. Read More
In March, our colleague Michael Koppmann, senior information security consultant at SBA Research, gave an insightful talk titled Illegal States Are My Favorite Security Vulnerabilities (to Delete at Compile Time) at the BOB 2026 Conference in Berlin, Germany. Read More
SBA Research has proudly supported BSidesVienna as a Gold Sponsor for several years. We’re committed to fostering independent security research and collaboration within the cybersecurity community, and BSidesVienna is an excellent platform for advancing these goals. This year our colleagues Fabian Funder and Mathias Tausig, gave insightful talks… Read More
Our colleagues Nicolas Petri, Information Security Consultant, and Gerald Sendera, Data Protection Supervisor and Legal Counsel, gave an expert talk on Ich wollte nur Software bauen – und jetzt mach ich CRA-Compliance on September 30 at the LSZ Cyber Crime Forum Graz. ... Read More
Our colleagues Stefan Jakoubi, Director of Professional Services, and Mathias Tausig, Senior Consultant, are giving an expert talk on CRA, ASVS & SAMM – 3 Abkürzungen mit Schlagkraft – MFG on September 18, at the LSZ Cyber Crime Forum Salzburg. ... Read More
On 10th of August, Gabriel Gegenhuber, researcher at SBA Research and University of Vienna, and Maximilian Günther, researcher at the University of Vienna, gave a talk on “Silent Signals: Exploiting Security and Privacy Side-Channels in End-to-End Encrypted Messengers” at the… Read More
In mid-May, our colleague Reinhard Kugler, applied research consultant at SBA Research, gave a talk on Tracing the Invisible: how to create Observability on Edge Devices with eBPF. His presentation focused on tracing protocols in embedded systems by instrumenting the kernel. He discussed protocols such as SPI, I2C, and… Read More
Our colleague Rudolf Mayer, senior researcher at SBA Research, gave a talk at the 2025 dHealth conference organised in Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria. ... Read More
This year’s Conference on the 15th of January was themed: Cyber Resilience und Artificial Intelligence and provided updates on innovations and developments in the areas of cyber resilience, artificial intelligence, compliance, and governance, while outlining potential impacts on companies and individuals. These topics affect nearly everyone, and the exchange of… Read More
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. ∞
A new paper, “Automated Reasoning for Indistinguishability in the CCSA,” co-authored by Laura Kovács, key researcher at SBA Research and full professor at the Faculty of Informatics of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and Matteo Maffei, key researcher at SBA Research and Professor at TU Wien, has been accepted for presentation at the 33rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). ∞
The 21th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES 2026) took center stage in Linköping, Sweden, from August 24 - 27, 2026, offering a platform for experts and enthusiasts to explore the latest developments in the field. The conference was jointly organised by Linköpings universitet (LiU) and SBA Research. ∞