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The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a major new piece of EU legislation that aims to bring security-by-design into how digital products are developed and brought to market across Europe. Adopted at the end of 2024 and applying from late 2027 (with some requirements coming into effect towards the end of this year), the CRA introduces baseline cybersecurity requirements for any product with digital elements placed on the EU market.

At FOSDEM 2026, Denise R. S. Almeida (Head of Policy & Compliance at Element and Data Protection Officer for the Matrix.org Foundation) presented a practitioner perspective on the recently proposed Digital Omnibus.

‍ Government agencies face a fundamental question when choosing communication tools: who ultimately controls your data? For public sector organizations handling sensitive citizen information, classified communications, or cross-agency coordination, the answer matters enormously.

Open source is becoming central to Europe’s digital strategy as organizations look for alternatives that respect privacy and sovereignty. XWiki and CryptPad are not new names in the European tech space. Both are open source platforms with roots going back over 20 years. Headquartered in Paris, the company behind them has grown from community-driven projects into widely used tools across industries and governments.

Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed for remote and hybrid work. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is ideal for both live and asynchronous communication. Over the past few months, we’ve rolled out an incredibly flexible system for managing permissions in Zulip: Permissions can now be granted to any combination of roles, groups, and individual users. This applies to permissions for managing channels, groups, and the organization as a whole.

We believe in the power of open source. The transparency it requires builds trust, especially in terms of creating secure communication software. But we also understand that not every company can open-source its code. That’s why we have created our Build subscription: providing numerous nifty benefits including a commercial license that lets you develop proprietary products on Matrix while supporting the ecosystem that makes your innovation possible.