CHERI Alliance announces partners to target cybersecurity threats at hardware level
Eve Goode
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The CHERI Alliance CIC (Community Interest Company) has announced its official launch as well as its expansion of its membership.
The new founding members:
- Chevin Technology (UK)
- Critical Technologies (USA)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL, UK)
- Google (USA)
- Light Momentum Technology Corporation (Taiwan)
- National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, a part of GCHQ, UK)
- Parvat Infotech (India)
- SRI International (USA)
- TechWorks (UK)
- Trusted Computer Centre of Excellence (USA)
- The University of Birmingham (UK)
- The University of Glasgow (UK)
CHERI Alliance
The company was founded to unite hardware security leaders and system developers.
The CHERI Alliance aims to establish CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) as the new standard for memory safety and scalable software compartmentalisation.
Previous founding members
Previously announced founding members of the CHERI Alliance included:
- Capabilities Limited
- Codasip
- CyNam
- The FreeBSD Foundation
- LowRISC
- OpenHW Group
- SCI Semiconductor
- Swansea University
- University of Cambridge
Memory-related vulnerabilities
The initial formation of the company was in June 2024.
With the new founding members, they will reinforce the effort to protect against memory-related vulnerabilities.
Memory related vulnerabilities are a critical security challenge that constitutes to approximately 70% of the vulnerabilities exploited in cyberattacks.
“Innovation and commitment”
Dr. Robert N. M. Watson, Professor, University of Cambridge, Director of the CHERI Alliance and Director of Capabilities Limited commented: “Expanding our membership signals growing recognition of CHERI’s transformative potential.”
“After more than a decade of development, it’s rewarding to see the CHERI community grow as new members bring their innovation and commitment to the Alliance.”
He added: “We are now well-positioned to advance our mission of delivering scalable, hardware-based security solutions that address critical vulnerabilities.”
“Safe, secure and alert”
UK Minister for AI and Digital Government Feryal Clark said: “Digital and online security is a fundamental part of our duty as a government to keep the British public, our vital services and our critical national infrastructure safe.
“CHERI is a fantastic example of how brilliant British ingenuity is rising to that challenge, focusing on shoring up our defences in areas which are so often a target for would-be cyber attackers.
Clark added: “It’s great to see our national security community and some of the leading lights in tech backing this work ensuring a joined-up approach which will keep our digital economy and the services we rely on daily safe, secure and alert to the growing range of online threats that we face.”
