Endorsing a statement on European memory safety

Memory safety is a key security area, ensuring that software handles memory correctly and avoids errors like buffer overflows, which can create major security vulnerabilities. The Cyber Resilience Act, for example, while not mandating the use of specific programming languages, requires manufacturers to place greater emphasis on making their products secure by design. The joint efforts by leading organizations, including Siemens Mobility, OpenSSF, the Linux Foundation, the Rust Foundation, and national cybersecurity committees address this structural threat and focus on practical ways to make software more secure. Technologies that prevent them from the ground up are mature and available today, and it is time for their broad adoption." In Europe, ensuring that software is memory safe is crucial for building open digital infrastructure, protecting sensitive data, supporting economic stability, and fostering innovation. When programmers don't get this right, the result is a memory-safety bug, which can create serious security vulnerabilities in the systems we all depend on. We look forward to contributing our perspective to ongoing discussions at both EU and national levels and to continuing the conversation on accelerating the adoption of modern, memory-safe technologies in 2026.