AI has compressed the attack timeline
In 2025 alone, global cybercrime costs reached an estimated $1.2 billion every minute, with projections rising to $1.8 billion per minute by 2029. Just seven years earlier, the figure was “only” $100 million per minute—already enormous, but now eclipsed by today’s scale.
ICENI: First Look
For more than a decade, CHERI research has demonstrated that hardware enforced memory safety can eliminate entire classes of security vulnerabilities. Much of this work has taken place in simulators and FPGA platforms, enabling researchers and developers to experiment with capability based architectures before production hardware became available. The CHERIoT project extends these principles to […]
The Capable Hub joins the CHERI Alliance to accelerate cybersecurity collaboration
Strengthening the CHERI ecosystem through Open-Source innovation We are excited to announce that The Capable Hub has become a member of the CHERI Alliance, a significant step forward in our mission to accelerate CHERI adoption. Improving the availability, quality, and upstream alignment of CHERI-enabled open-source software will make the design of CHERI-secured products easier and […]
The EU Cyber Resilience Act: What It Means for Secure-by-Design Systems and CHERI
In 2025 alone, global cybercrime costs reached an estimated $1.2 billion every minute, with projections rising to $1.8 billion per minute by 2029. Just seven years earlier, the figure was “only” $100 million per minute—already enormous, but now eclipsed by today’s scale.
Amid rising cyber threats, EnSilica joins the CHERI Alliance to enable safe & secure silicon
Oxford UK – 3 February 2026 – EnSilica, a leading provider of mixed-signal ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits), today announced that it has joined the CHERI Alliance. In a world facing an explosion of cyber threats, this collaboration will accelerate the adoption of a technology that could eliminate more than 70% of current vulnerabilities. The Power of […]
Towards a reference QEMU for CHERI platform emulation
Alfredo Mazzinghi – Capabilities Limited QEMU is one of the most popular open source machine emulators (https://www.qemu.org), with support for many CPU architectures, including x86_64, Arm and RISC-V. The QEMU emulator is critical for systems research and development: it makes it possible to quickly prototype, debug and analyse architectural extensions and OS implementations without the […]
Codasip Powers UK Digital Security by Design Innovation Contracts with CHERI Technology
Andrew Lindsay – Codasip Codasip’s CHERI-RISC-V processors and exploration kit enable breakthrough secure chip development and accelerate software innovation The UK government’s ambitious Digital Security by Design initiative continues to gain momentum, with Codasip playing a pivotal role in two key innovation contracts announced as part of the program’s £21 million investment to advance hardware-based […]
CHERI or CHERIoT? The Answer Is Not What You Think
Adam Finney – CHERI Alliance Interest in capability based security has grown rapidly as organisations look for practical ways to move beyond legacy memory protection. As more projects explore CHERI technologies, a common question keeps surfacing: should we use CHERI or CHERIoT? At first glance it sounds like a straightforward architectural decision, but as David […]
Streamlining the CHERI Ecosystem: An Update from the Repository Management Working Group
Dr Marno van der Maas – CHERI Alliance The CHERI Alliance is dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art in capability-based security. As our collaborative efforts and technical output grow, so does the need for a standardised, clear, and efficient way to manage that output. This is why the Repository Management Working Group was established: to systematically […]
New InnovateUK-funded project to merge CHERI support into FreeBSD
Brooks Davis – Capabilities Limited Capabilities Limited, a founding member of the CHERI Alliance, is pleased to announce that we have received funding from Innovate UK for our 22 month project: CheriBSD feature extraction, maturity, and testing. CheriBSD is an operating system developed by the University of Cambridge, SRI International, and Capabilities Limited over the […]