A-SIT was founded in 1999 as a registered nonprofit association and is established as a competence center for IT security.
Members
Members are public institutions:
- The Federation, represented by the Federal Chancellery of Austria (BKA)
- Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)
- Federal Computing Centre (BRZ), member since 2012
- University for Continuing Education Krems (formerly Danube University Krems), member since 2018
- Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), member since 2021
Former members of A-SIT were the Central Bank of the Republic of Austria (OeNB) from 1999 to 2019 and the Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG) from mid-2003 to late 2005.
Principles
- strict neutrality
- free of instructions
- economic independence