The CHERI Alliance is spearheading the global adoption of the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) security technology across the computing industry.
Building on over a decade of pioneering research by the University of Cambridge and SRI International, CHERI introduces a revolutionary architecture designed to enhance system security through fine-grained memory protection and software compartmentalization.
The Alliance is actively engaging with industry, academia, and the public sector to standardize and implement CHERI across a diverse range of computing platforms. Supported to date by DARPA, UKRI, EPSRC, ERC, Google, Microsoft and Arm, CHERI is a major asset in the fight against cybercrime.
The Digital Security by Design initiative helped promote and create a CHERI ecosystem in the UK. We are building on top of this to extend the work beyond initial adoption, and involve all necessary players to make CHERI available commercially, worldwide.
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🌸CHERI Alliance Quarterly: latest news, events and updates
Published 4 months ago • 3 min read
🌸CHERI Alliance Quarterly
The latest news, events and updates
Dear Reader,
The CHERI ecosystem continues to accelerate — from record‑breaking events to growing industry adoption and new insights on the future of secure systems.
In this edition, you’ll find:
🌸 CHERI Blossoms conference 2026 — slides and recordings now available
📅 Dates for upcoming CHERI conferences
🆕 A new member joining the Alliance
📰 How AI is compressing the attack timeline — and what it means
... and more!
New to CHERI?
CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) is a free and open security technology designed to eliminate memory safety vulnerabilities — the root cause of ~70% of cybersecurity issues.
Get a quick and clear introduction to CHERI technology and its key concepts:
We will be revealing more information in the coming months, so keep an eye on our website and social media.
Why Codasip went all‑in on CHERI
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We spoke with Ron Black, CEO of Codasip and founding member of the CHERI Alliance, about market pull, secure‑by‑design hardware, and what’s coming next for the CHERI ecosystem.
We are excited to welcome Wind River, an Aptiv company and global leader in mission critical software for the intelligent edge, to the CHERI Alliance. Their expertise and collaboration with our community will be a significant boost to our mission to accelerate CHERI adoption.
CHERI Adoption Global Ecosystem Assessment Q1 2026
The CHERI Adoption Global Ecosystem Assessment Q1 2026 is now available.
This report looks at the current state of CHERI adoption across industry, research, government, and open communities. It brings together ecosystem activity, stakeholder insight, and technical progress to provide a structured view of where things stand today.
As interest in memory safety and secure by design approaches continues to grow, understanding the trajectory of CHERI is becoming increasingly important.
The CHERI Alliance Governing Board election will take place on 1 June 2026.
To be eligible to vote, new members must join by 22 May 2026. If you are considering becoming a member, it’s the right time! Join and take part in the election.
For more information on becoming a member, please visit our website or click the button below:
AI is fundamentally reshaping the security landscape, reducing the time between vulnerability introduction and real-world exploitation. As models become capable of autonomously discovering and even weaponising software flaws, long-established defensive assumptions are breaking down.
These articles explore why secure by design is rapidly becoming the only viable response in an AI-first world.
AI has compressed the attack timeline
AI is now capable of discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities so quickly that traditional patching is no longer sufficient, forcing a shift towards security by design.
CHERI memory safety mitigates LLM-discovered vulnerability in FreeBSD
A recent CHERI analysis shows that hardware-enforced memory safety can deterministically block LLM-generated exploits by preventing buffer overflows before any memory corruption occurs.
Modern automated and AI-assisted bug-finding tools are becoming more powerful and intuitive, but they also highlight how a single overlooked flaw can still compromise an entire system.
The CHERI Alliance is actively engaging with the industry to take over the promotion and dissemination of the standard and activate an ecosystem to make it a commercial success.
Working Groups
Members drive the evolution of the Alliance and participate actively to working groups focusing on technical or promotion matters. These groups are the perfect place to collaborate with leading companies and researchers, and accelerate adoption. They are currently focusing on porting various operating systems, publishing recommendations and accelerating the adoption of CHERI.
The CHERI Alliance is open to companies, researchers, individuals, and organizations interested in promoting, developing, and implementing CHERI technology and protection against cyberattacks.
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Interested in joining the CHERI Alliance?
By becoming a member, you'll have the exciting opportunity to join a vibrant ecosystem focused on CHERI enablement, promotion, and education. Together, we can ensure technical alignment and efficiently drive industry-wide adoption.
As a member, you showcase your commitment to and passion for cybersecurity. You will benefit from added visibility, network and engage with like-minded companies and research facilities, gain access to a wealth of knowledge and resources, and get your CHERI solutions more visible.
The CHERI Alliance is spearheading the global adoption of the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) security technology across the computing industry.
Building on over a decade of pioneering research by the University of Cambridge and SRI International, CHERI introduces a revolutionary architecture designed to enhance system security through fine-grained memory protection and software compartmentalization.
The Alliance is actively engaging with industry, academia, and the public sector to standardize and implement CHERI across a diverse range of computing platforms. Supported to date by DARPA, UKRI, EPSRC, ERC, Google, Microsoft and Arm, CHERI is a major asset in the fight against cybercrime.
The Digital Security by Design initiative helped promote and create a CHERI ecosystem in the UK. We are building on top of this to extend the work beyond initial adoption, and involve all necessary players to make CHERI available commercially, worldwide.
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