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 Joins Public Knowledge Urging FTC To Clarify Digital Ownership Rights
On the surface, a concept such as “ownership” seems straight-forward, invoking what are often thought of as a “bundle of rights” such as possession, use, and disposition of property obtained – directly or indirectly – through one’s labor. In fact, the idea of property as a natural right is deeply rooted in English Common Law…
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Thank You Founding Board Member Tarah Wheeler!
SRFF is deeply grateful to Tarah Wheeler for her service as a founding board member. Tarah played a key role in getting SRFF off the ground, providing invaluable operational support and helping shape our early vision. Her insight was crucial in developing SRFF’s initial policy agenda and positioning. From our earliest conversations as a board,…
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Software Death Fuels E-Waste: SRFF Contributes to U.S. PIRG’s Electronic Waste Graveyard
At SRFF, we believe that a secure, sustainable, and resilient technology ecosystem requires requires a commitment to longevity. That means designing devices and software with durable, transparent support lifecycles, which includes holding manufacturers accountable when products are prematurely pushed to a landfill. That’s why we were proud to have contributed to the U.S. PIRG Education…
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