Paul Roberts

Paul is a respected cybersecurity journalist with more than two decades of experience as a reporter and industry analyst focused on cybersecurity. He founded and has served as Editor in Chief at The Security Ledger since 2012. Since 2018 he has spearheaded efforts to organize the information security and IT communities to support a right to repair as founder of the group Secure Repairs and, more recently, the Secure Resilient Future Foundation (SRFF), a 501 c4 non profit that is working towards a future without impediments to practices that improve and nurture the cybersecurity, resilience and sustainability of the Internet of Things and the growing populations of smart, connected devices that power our economy. Paul has testified before the U.S. Congress on the question of "Is there a Right to Repair." His writing has appeared in publications including Mother Jones, Forbes, The Christian Science Monitor, MIT Technology Review, and The Economist Intelligence Unit. He has appeared on NPR’s Marketplace Tech Report, KPCC AirTalk, Fox News Tech Take, Al Jazeera and The Oprah Show.