"More UK Companies Sign Up to Test Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Technology"
More UK companies have signed on to help test a new cybersecurity approach. Over the past year, 36 UK companies have joined the "Digital Security by Design" program, a UK government-backed initiative to create a more secure digital future. They are experimenting with the Arm Morello board, a prototype of Arm's cybersecurity technology based on the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) protection model developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and SRI International. CHERI enables hardware and software to work together to prevent attackers' exploitation of security vulnerabilities. The Arm Morello board is considered a groundbreaking cybersecurity technology prototype that is secure by design. It is built with security features that do not depend on software updates or patches to defend against malicious actors. The technology can prevent and mitigate memory-related cyberattacks, which account for two-thirds of cyberattacks worldwide. This article continues to discuss UK companies being given trial access to the prototype cybersecurity technology and why this prototype is considered cutting-edge technology.