Modern information systems serve and connect people with many different interests. We are committed to develop and evaluate technical components for future information infrastructures that for principled reasons resolve potential conflicts, or avoid them altogether.
About
The Security and Privacy Lab has been established with the appointment of professor Rainer Böhme at the University of Innsbruck in March 2015. Our faculty includes assistant professors Svetlana Abramova and Arnab Roy.
Picture from the welcome retreat for the new lab members (Viggarspitze, September 2023). Sunrise included.
Research
The lab is known for its interdisciplinary approach to solving exigent problems in information security and privacy, with specific emphasis on:
- Digital forensics
- Steganography and steganalysis
- Economics of information security
- Virtual currencies and cryptographic financial instruments
- Privacy-enhancing technologies (PET)
- Symmetric cryptography for privacy-preserving computation
- Human factors in information security and privacy
- Cybercrime
We regularly collaborate with researchers around the world, most recently with colleagues from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Trento, TU Delft, IMT Lucca, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, University College London, University of California at Berkeley, University of Tulsa, University of Texas at Dallas, Tufts University, Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hebrew University, and the Technion.
Teaching
Students enrolled at Universität Innsbruck please visit our teaching page.
Professional training
We are proud to contribute to the following executive education offers:
- edX Professional Education MOOC on the Economics of Cybersecurity
- Distance learning course on IT-Sicherheitsmanagement (in German) at the isits International School of IT Security in Bochum, Germany
Contact
| Julia Juffinger (secretary) | Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Böhme | |
|---|---|---|
| seclab-informatik@uibk.ac.at | rainer.boehme@uibk.ac.at | |
| Phone | +43 512 507-53494 | +43 512 507-53202 |
| Fax | +43 512 507-53018 | |
| Address | Universität Innsbruck Security and Privacy Lab Technikerstraße 21A 6020 Innsbruck Austria |
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Böhme Universität Innsbruck Technikerstraße 21A 6020 Innsbruck Austria |
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Acknowledgements
The Security and Privacy Lab, the Department of Computer Science, and Universität Innsbruck gratefully acknowledge a generous grant by Archimedes Privatstiftung, Innsbruck, which funds the endowed professorship from 2015 to 2020. Members of the lab receive additional funding from various organizations listed under projects.