Floragasse 7 – 5th floor, 1040 Vienna

SBA Research is a research center for Information Security
funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.

Upcoming Events:

Machine Learning – Security, Privacy & Legal Aspects
12.03.2026
OWASP Chapter Vienna Meetup x SBA Security Meetup
31.03.2026
SHECURITY – Hackerinnen Training
25.04.2026

Recent News:

Johanna Ullrich on Radio Ö1

On national radio, our key researcher Dr. Johanna Ullrich discussed the topic of state observation, its legal and technical implications together with Dr. Christof Tschohl, Scientific Director of Centre for Digital Human Rights. The recording of the live show is available here: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20230628/723315/Sicherheit-durch-Ueberwachung-Sicherheit-vor-Ueberwachung

ERIS @TMA Conference

On June 26, the ERIS Team had the opportunity of attending the TMA Conference. Johanna Ullrich served as the TPC chair, ensuring a well-organized and fruitful event. During the conference, Markus Maier, Gabriel… Read More
ERIS @TMA Conference

Simin Ghesmati @Monerokon 2023

On the 23rd of June the Monerokon took place again and our colleague Simin Ghesmati had the pleasure to give a talk there. The Monero Konferenco is an annual gathering that attracts privacy advocates, scientists, and philosophers from around the world. This event is purposefully designed to disseminate… Read More
Simin Ghesmati @Monerokon 2023

Talk: LLM Prompt Injection Attacks and Mitigation Strategies

On the 22nd of June, the VIP Security Round Table by Tems Security was held as an internal event for employees as well as partners and concerned itself with current as well as future topics in security. Caroline Lawitschka was the second of two talks, the first one… Read More

IMPACT 2023

On Tuesday, June the 13th, we had our yearly event for partners and friends of SBA. This year, we placed #IMPACT 2023 under the #motto SBA Research – connecting since 2006. We celebrated our long-standing relationship with some of the best research and educational institutions in Austria and Germany. For… Read More
IMPACT 2023

Talk @TA23-KONFERENZ

On June 6th, 2023, Anja Klauzer and Veronika Nowak participated in the TA|23, the annual conference of the Institute of Technology Assessment at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. They presented Anja’s work “Power Grid… Read More
Talk @TA23-KONFERENZ

SBA @ITS-Now

On June 1, 2023, Florian Holzbauer and Gabriel Gegenhuber conducted a workshop at the IT-S Now conference titled “Dissecting the Unknown – How to Extend Wireshark with Lua.” The workshop aimed to delve into the intricacies of using… Read More
SBA @ITS-Now

SBA @SAINT

On the 24th of May the Social Artificial Intelligence Night (SAINT) took place again at FH St. Pölten and our colleague Anastasia Pustozerova had the pleasure to give a talk there with the title “Federated Learning – Present and Future of Privacy in AI”. Social Artificial Intelligence… Read More