SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
On June 3rd the IT-S NOW 2022 took place for the first time at the FH Campus Wien. The highlights of this event were the keynotes given by Bruce Schneier, fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and Peter Gutmann, researcher at the… Read More
On May 30th Matthias Eckhart held a talk at the “Summit Industrie 4.0 Österreich”. The event took place in the Vienna Cityhall. Title The title of the talk was “Mit dem digitalen Zwilling zur sicheren Produktion”. Matthias gave a brief overview of the research project SecurityTwins. Project… Read More
The paper “Are HTTPS Configurations Still a Challenge?: Validating Theories of Administrators’ Difficulties with TLS Configurations” has been accepted for the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2022. The conference will take place June 26th to July 1st, 2022. Title Are HTTPS Configurations Still a Challenge?: Validating Theories of Administrators’… Read More
The paper „Mental Models of the Internet and Its Online Risks: Children and Their Parent(s)” has been accepted for the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2022. The conference will take place June 26th to July 1st, 2022. Title Mental Models of the Internet and Its Online Risks: Children and… Read More
From May 31 – June 2 the IDSF22 – International Digital Security Forum takes place at the Vienna Museums Quartier. The theme Secure digitalisation for a safe, green and sustainable future will be visible in many professional talks and a top-class programme. Some of the topics of the conference are… Read More
Philipp Reisinger wrote an article about cyber risks for the WIFI Wien blog. Title Cyber-Risiken in einer vernetzten Welt – und wie Sie die Oberhand behalten(Cyber risks in a connected world – and how to stay on top of them) Link to the blog… Read More
Philipp Reisinger held two online talks at the Incite course Data & IT Security. Titles of the talks 03.05. „Grundlegende Überlegungen: IT-Sicherheitsstrategie & Risikomanagement“ 11.05. „Netzwerksicherheit – Endpointmanagement“ Speaker Philipp Reisinger is information security consultant at SBA Research and lecturer at FH St. Pölten. Read More
Markus Hittmeir, Rudolf Mayer and Andreas Ekelhart have been nominated with “Distance-based Techniques for Personal Microbiome Identification” by ARES 2022 for a Best Paper Award. At… Read More
On March 23, 2022, Tomasz Miksa (FAIR Office Austria / SBA Research) was part of the workshop “FAIR for Sensitive Data”. The goal of the workshop was to inform researchers on technical and legal aspects of working with sensitive data. The participants also learned about the WellFort platform. On the… Read More
The “Digital-Security-Experts Meet School”-initiative aims to raise awareness of cyber security among school children. Security professionals visit school classes to give presentations and workshops on topics such as: security on the Internet the right way to handle social media what is privacy how to handle data or even the question… Read More
A new paper, “Systematization of Knowledge: The Design Space of Digital Payment Systems with Potential for CBD,” led by first author Judith Senn, research assistant at the University of Innsbruck, and co-authored by Aljosha Judmayer, researcher at the University of Vienna, Nicholas Stifter, researcher at SBA Research, ... ∞
Last week, our annual event for partners and friends of SBA Research, IMPACT, brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. The afternoon provided an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in security, AI, and innovation, celebrate our long-standing relationships, and mark 20 years of SBA Research’s contributions to cutting-edge cybersecurity and trustworthy digital innovation. ∞
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. ∞