SBA Research (SBA-K1 Comet Center and professional services) is committed to continuously increasing the positive socio‐environmental impact of the research center, its areas, and individual projects. With its main objective of enhancing information security, building resilient infrastructures, and protecting civil society, our research center contributions to several SDGs:
Further, SBA Research applied its knowledge of information security, algorithms, and critical infrastructure security in several projects that contributed to safer and more resilient societies. Domains include
- forest fire prevention (PICUS),
- resilient disaster communication (G‐Star),
- spatial energy planning (NurZu!),
- landslides (Gaia),
- and sustainable farming infrastructure (LivestockSense, InnovATE).
In addition, we engage in numerous
- open teaching activities (Kinder‐Uni – university for children, Security Meetups, BSides Vienna, etc.),
- dissemination (conferences, YouTube, open‐access publications, etc.),
- and gender equality activities (FEMtech internships, WOMENinICT, She.Digital.Wien, founding member of the Austrian Chapter of Women4Cyber, etc.).