The BTF Research Lab supports research and innovation in digital systems which are designed with human vulnerability and dignity in mind. Through initiatives like our Securing Sexuality project, the Bound Together Foundation is opening new doors in cybersecurity social science: research that moves beyond firewalls and threat models to examine trust, coercion, consent, and psychosocial risk in digitally mediated relationships. Thanks to a generous donor, the BTF Research lab is partnering with aligned organizations and independent researchers to build an interdisciplinary space where clinicians, technologists, and policy thinkers grapple with the real-world implications of intimacy in networked environments. Our research focus areas include: