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:

Training: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – Prüfungsvorbereitungskurs – Teil 1
05.10.2026 - 07.10.2026
Linux Plumbers Conference 2026
05.10.2026 - 07.10.2026
IMPACT 2026
08.10.2026

Recent News:

SBA Research as OWASP SAMM practitioner

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

Combining Machine Learning and Semantic Web: A Systematic Mapping Study

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

SBA Research Roadmap Seminar – Past, Present, Future.

On March 3rd, 2023 roughly 100 employees of SBA Research gathered at the Kardinal König Haus, Vienna, for a one-day roadmap seminar. Our management gave a glimpse into SBA Research´s past to illustrate how the research center has developed so far. Presentations of all research groups and the professional services… Read More
SBA Research Roadmap Seminar – Past, Present, Future.

Sebastian Schrittwieser on the PM Magazine on Servus TV

On February 21, Sebastian Schrittwieser presented a captivating interview and live demonstration on the topics of Deepfakes and the Darknet on the PM Magazine on Servus TV. During the show, Schrittwieser provided insights into the alarming world of Deepfakes and explain the associated risks for society. Additionally, he conducted a… Read More

SBA Research new member of AD-Mobility Ecosystem Landscape

Digitrans and Automobil-Cluster OÖ published the first version of the “Map for Automated Driving in Austria” in 2022. In February 2023, a newly revised version was published. The map for automated driving in Austria provides an up-to-date overview of all participating companies,… Read More
illustration of autonomous mobility ecosystem landscape austria

FIT Info days – speeddating with students

On February the 2nd Diana Strauß, Verena Schuster and Nina Niederhametner talked to students, in the age between 15 and 19 years, about their research topics, machine learning and security. The aim of the fit dialogue event is to bring young people… Read More

Ludwig Kampel at IWCT 2023

Ludwig Kampel is PC member of the 12th International Workshop on Combinatorial Testing which will be held in conjunction with ICST 2023 on April 16th, 2023 in Dublin, Ireland. The workshop welcomes academic research submissions, as well as industrial experience reports. The workshop will… Read More

Sebastian Schrittwieser: Guest talk at Reykjavik University

On December 5, 2022 Sebastian Schrittwieser held a guest talk at the Reykjavik University. Title of the talk Quantifying obfuscation stealth und resilience for malware research and analysis Abstract Code obfuscation, i.e. the artificial complication of program code, is used by almost every malware with the aim of preventing detection… Read More

Matthias Eckhart at RICSS 2023

Matthias Eckhart is PC member at The 1st International Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security (RICSS) which will be held on July 7, 2023 in Delft. The workshop is co-located with IEEE EuroS&P 2023. Link to the RICSS 2023 workshop