Jennifer Bly

Join us for a conversation with new OpenSSF General Manager, Omkhar Arasaratnam, veteran cybersecurity and technical risk management executive with more than 25 years of experience leading global organizations. In this Q&A, Omkhar covers everything from the challenges he foresees in his role to what he thinks is the most important factor to keep in mind that affects the future of the open source community.

Open Source Summit North America in Vancouver, Canada is only one week away! Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate and further open source innovation, ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. During Open Source Summit, we will also be hosting OpenSSF Day North America which is a full day of interesting session presentations, panels, and lightning talks.

To keep the modern technological world of open source software safe, it is critical to efficiently and accurately communicate information about open source vulnerabilities. The OSV Schema, created through the collaboration between OpenSSF members and housed within the Vulnerability Disclosures Working Group, provides a minimal, easy-to-use first class JSON format for describing vulnerabilities in open source software. 

We are excited to announce the composition of 2023 Technical Advisory Council (TAC) and Security Community Individual Representative (SCIR) on the Governing Board of the OpenSSF. The 2023 TAC includes elected members: Aeva Black from Microsoft, Bob Callaway from Google, Dan Lorenc from Chainguard, Dustin Ingram from Google and appointed members: Arnaud Le Hors from IBM, Christopher “CRob” Robinson from Intel Corporation, and Zach Steindler from GitHub. Our new Security Community Individual Representative (SCIR) on the Governing Board is Luke Hinds, Open Source Security Hacker.

The OpenSSF Day North America agenda is now live! We will be hosting a full day of interesting session presentations, panels, and lightning talks on May 10th during Open Source Summit North America in Vancouver, Canada. Plan to join us to discuss the latest and greatest in ongoing efforts to secure the open-source software supply chain.

Thanks to everyone who attended our recent Town Hall on March 16th where we gave an update on initiatives at the OpenSSF, shared presentations about various initiatives at the OpenSSF, and participants had an opportunity to ask questions to panelists. If you were unable to attend, here are a few highlights from the meeting and where you can find more information.

Are you interested in addressing open source software (OSS) security risk? Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)? Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in OSS security? If so, plan to join us at our next OpenSSF Town Hall on Thursday, March 16th at 10 AM US/Pacific Time. During this virtual town hall, we will give you a tour of the OpenSSF, let you know what some of our projects have recently been working on, and walk you through how to get involved in our various initiatives.

We are excited to welcome newly elected Governing Board members of the OpenSSF: Tracy Miranda from Chainguard, Duane O’Brien from Indeed, and Stephen Chin from JFrog. The OpenSSF Governing Board is responsible for overall management of the OpenSSF, including approving major decisions, managing the budget, and establishing advisory bodies or committees to support the OpenSSF’s mission.

We’re pleased to announce we are hosting OpenSSF Day at Open Source Summit North America on Wednesday, May 10th and the call for proposals is now open. The full day program will feature keynotes from Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) contributors and thought leaders. This is your chance to meet fellow open source community members and get involved in securing the open source supply chain.