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:

SBA @ 35th USENIX Security Symposium
12.08.2026 - 14.08.2026
ARES 2026
24.08.2026 - 27.08.2026
SHECURITY Summer School 2026
11.09.2026 - 13.09.2026

Recent News:

Edgar Weippl about Security in Times of Home Office

The current situation does come with certain upsides: “It may be an incentive to see that working from home can indeed work well. A correct set up of one´s home office environment plays a key role in preventing vulnerabilities and security incidents.” Be sure to read up on Edgar Weippls… Read More

7th place at iCTF for We_0wn_Y0u

Last Friday we managed to secure the 7th place at this years edition of iCTF with our SBA-supported CTF Team  “We_0wn_Y0u” (w0y). The team is organized by SBA researchers and comprised of students/researchers/alumni of TU Wien. We had a great time playing this year.
7th place at iCTF for We_0wn_Y0u

Female talent is needed in the cybersecurity world!

Interview with ao. Prof. Kurt Matyas, Vice Rector for Studies and Teaching at the TU Wien. According to the (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Report about Women in Cybersecurity, published in 2019, women working in cybersecurity account for 24% of the overall workforce. A 2019 article in the… Read More
Female talent is needed in the cybersecurity world!

ÖFG ArGe Digitale Transformation – Kick-Off Meeting @ SBA

We are very happy to welcome participants from the ÖFG ArGe Digitale Transformation for their Kick-Off Meeting. The main focus will be on resilience. On the 2nd day, members of the OCG Working Group on Sustainability and Computing will contribute to the discussion during a joint… Read More
ÖFG ArGe Digitale Transformation – Kick-Off Meeting @ SBA

sec4dev 2020, was a great success! See you at sec4dev 2021!

A big thanks to all for participating in the sec4dev conference and bootcamp 2020! Due to the constantly growing number of participants at sec4dev and the great interest in our regular security MeetUps, we now reach more than 600 experts, and the trend is rising. Only through the… Read More
sec4dev 2020, was a great success! See you at sec4dev 2021!

Carnival at SBA Research

A big thanks to our funny folks at SBA Research, eating “Krapfen” and wearing costumes! Meet: Billy the Kid, the SBA Unicorn, our spanish dancer, Ms. Lady Luck, Leia Organa and Captain Kirk in a bathrobe.
Carnival at SBA Research

sec4dev just got started!

We are very happy to welcome 70 participants for 4 Bootcamps!From Feb 24 – 25, topics such as Single Page Application Security, Threat Modeling, IoT Hacking and Cloud-Native Microservices Security will be covered. Forecast for sec4dev Conference (Feb 26 – 27): Over 200 participants, 18 Talks and a… Read More
sec4dev just got started!

More Frontend Security by SBA Research

More security for software developers! SBA visits and hosts different Meetups to strengthen the interest in and knowledge of software security. Join one of the talks and our Meetup group! The topic this time: “End-to-end File Encryption in the Web Browser” Talks: 11.02.2020 Vue.js Vienna February Meetup… Read More
More Frontend Security by SBA Research

SBA Research for more Awareness: Women in Science & Cybersecurity

SBA Research wants to create more attention for two very important topics: support women and girls in science and to sharpen the awareness of all people concerning cyber risks, for a safer usage of new technologies. So let’s change the world together, starting with stronger awareness! Today, Tuesday February 11th, 2020… Read More
SBA Research for more Awareness: Women in Science & Cybersecurity