Cyber & IT Pros For A Secure Future
Secure and Resilient Future Foundation (SRFF) is a non-profit organization representing cyber security professionals, technology experts, tinkerers, and consumer rights advocates. SRFF works to advance the public interest in a software-driven world: promoting knowledge, practices and policies that facilitate meaningful and consequential cybersecurity work and foster secure, transparent, resilient, and sustainable technology ecosystems.
Issues:
When Smart Devices Go Dumb
As the Internet of Things ages, a gap has emerged between the useful life of smart, connected goods and the willingness of manufacturers to support the software they run on. The result: smart products costing hundreds of dollars have been “bricked” within years or even months of hitting the market. SRFF is taking on the problem of “bricked and abandoned” devices, advocating for new rules and standards around “end of life” decisions for smart products that protect consumers, businesses and the planet.
Giving Cyber A Seat At The Table
Digital transformation is remaking industries and economies. But with that transformation comes new risks: from hacks of critical infrastructure to data theft to anti-competitive practices that skew marketplaces and raise costs. As policy makers weigh rules, regulations and guidelines that promote cyber security and competitiveness, SRFF is working to win cybersecurity pros a seat at the table.
News:
Tech Timebombs 💣 Fixing the Cyber Risk of EOL Devices
On March 25th SRFF hosted a live, virtual event: “Tech Time Bombs: Fixing the Cyber Risks of EOL Hardware.” Moderated by SRFF President Paul F. Roberts, the conversation featured Chris Wysopal, Chief Security Evangelist at Veracode and Stacey Higginbotham of Consumer Reports. The conversation was about the problem of the growing number of smart, Internet-connected…
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SRFF Joins Consumer Reports, US PIRG To Push Legal Protections For Smart Device Owners
The Secure Resilient Future Foundation (SRFF) is proud to join with Consumer Reports and U.S. PIRG in announcing the Connected Consumer Product End of Life Disclosure law, model legislation to promote new laws that protect consumers of smart, Internet-connected products. As the population of the Internet of Things explodes, more and more products that populate…
SRFF Calls on FTC to Stop Software Tethering and Protect Consumers
Every day, consumers invest in connected devices with the promise of a lasting product. But oftentimes, lurking behind the sleek hardware and features, lies the hidden risk of software tethering. In our letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), SRFF urged the agency to set clear guidelines that protect consumers from practices that limit device…
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