iSecLab

The International Secure Systems Lab is the union of four systems security research labs and was originally founded in 2005 at the Technical University of Vienna. As of 2008, the Secure Systems Lab has became international and was initially distributed over three geographical locations including the Institute Eurécom in the French Riviera and the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2010, Ruhr University Bochum in Germany joined the iSecLab family. Lab members collaborate closely, apply for joint funding, share data, exchange ideas, and have fun together.

The research focus is on applied computer security, with a recent emphasis on web security, malware analysis, intrusion detection, and vulnerability analysis. The results of our research have been published in well-respected, international security conferences such as the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, the Usenix Security Symposium, and the World Wide Web Conference. Furthermore, the Secure Systems Lab has released several security advisories that disclose previously unknown software vulnerabilities.

Currently funded projects of the International Secure Systems Lab include several Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) research projects, two European projects, three FIT-IT grants, two recent regional French-funded projects and several industry cooperations with Austrian banks and companies. Also, the lab maintains close ties with other well-known, international security institutions and industrial labs such as Symantec Research Europe or the Secure Business Austria competence center.