Secure by Design: Building CRA-Compliant Firmware and Embedded Software from the Ground Up

“CRA Virtual Conference” webinar on June 26, 2026 From the earliest stages of hardware and firmware development, engineers will need to consider secure boot, secure update mechanisms, and encryption as default — and it also affects the selection of processors, operating systems, and third-party libraries, since components that lack long-term support may become non-compliant by default. This session is the engineering deep-dive: how to architect CRA-compliant embedded systems from day one. Topics include hardware roots of trust and secure boot implementation, secure OTA firmware update design, SBOM generation and vulnerability management workflows, and more. ----- Featured Presenters Sameeh Jubran / Software Engineer, wolfSSL Sameeh is a system software engineer with more than ten years across Linux and Windows, focused on kernel-level work, virtualization, embedded systems, and high-performance distributed computing. They have contributed at scale on cloud and kernel teams (including AWS, Huawei, and Red Hat), built and debugged paravirtualized Windows guest stacks and agents at Daynix, and more recently shipped embedded vision products at Lytx. They are now a kernel engineer at wolfSSL. Sameeh holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the Technion and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. ----- Srinivas Shekar / Co-founder and CEO of Pantherun Srinivas, CEO of Pantherun, brings a wealth of experience in cybersecurity, embedded product design, and high-throughput communication, with a career spanning over two decades in the semiconductor and tech industries. A computer science graduate, he began as an ASIC design engineer in the United States, gaining deep technical expertise that fueled his focus on creating secure, high-performance solutions. Srinivas has successfully built and led two organizations dedicated to networking, consumer, and automotive sectors, holding leadership roles, including CEO, in companies that grew to over 600 employees and served clients in more than 40 countries. His expertise in designing secure, high-speed communication systems and embedded products has made him a recognized leader in industrial networking and cybersecurity. In 2019, Srinivas co-founded Pantherun with a mission to advance encrypted data communication for edge computing, reinforcing his commitment to cybersecurity innovation. His leadership at Pantherun continues his track record of delivering secure, cutting-edge solutions for mission-critical applications in a constantly evolving digital landscape. ----- Ken Briodagh / Editor in Chief Embedded Computing Design