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:
SRFF Submits Letter to California Assembly Supporting SB 898
On June 16, the Secure Resilient Future Foundation (SRFF) submitted a letter to the California State Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee urging lawmakers to support Senate Bill 898 (SB 898), legislation that would require manufacturers of Internet-connected consumer products to clearly disclose how long they will provide software support and security updates. The letter,…
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Massachusetts Legislation Tackles End Of Life Software Risk
Lawmakers in Massachusetts on Monday introduced new legislation to address the growing epidemic of abandoned smart, personal electronics. Two closely aligned bills, dubbed“An Act Relative To Consumer Electronic Devices” were filed -one in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (HD 5114) and the other in the state Senate (SD 3606). If passed the bills will create…
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The Day After: SRFF Calls On Microsoft To Extend Support For Windows 10
Yesterday – Tuesday, October 14th- marked the official “Day After” – the first full day following the End of Support for Windows 10 on October 13th. That “end” also marked the beginning…of the uncertain future that Microsoft’s abandonment of a major- and widely used operating system has set in motion. That is why SRFF, the…
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