Consulting Area
Ulrich’s activities lie mainly in penetration testing, secure software development, secure development lifecycle, and security training in these areas.
Research Interests
Ulrich is interested in software security and malware analysis.
Bio
Ulrich has completed his PhD in the beginning of 2010 under the guidance of Engin Kirda and Christopher Kruegel at the TU Wien. In this time he performed research in the field of malware analysis and created and led the development of Anubis, a tool for the automated dynamic analysis of malware. He spent 1.5 years as a visiting scientist at the research center Eurecom in France. Ulrich is a CISSP, CSSLP, CEH, GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) and a ISO/IEC 27001 Auditor.
Since 2010, Ulrich has been working as a senior information security consultant at SBA Research. He regularly holds training courses and talks on secure application development and conducts penetration tests, code reviews and security audits. In 2015, he took over the leadership of SBA Research’s Software Security Group. In 2024, he additionally took on the role of Head of Consulting and has since served as an authorized signatory.