Through funding by the OpenSSF’s Alpha-Omega Project, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) has hired a new security developer in residence as part of a year-long security enhancement initiative. PSF announced their intention to fill this role back in January, and after a thorough search, they have chosen Seth Michael Larson!
SBOMs enable organizations to identify vulnerabilities, track open-source usage, and ensure compliance with numerous licensing obligations. Having a “single source of truth” for security and licensing information helps everyone. Let’s take a look at why SBOM Generators need to accurately represent Open Source Licenses.
Within the OpenSSF Supply Chain Integrity Working Group (SCI WG), we’re hosting a global community of individuals and organizations collaborating on scalable standardized attestable practices for supply chain security. Along the way we’re developing a shared vocabulary for the industry, a common problem model, and uniform frameworks spanning languages and ecosystems.
We’re delighted to invite you to Singapore’s inaugural Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Meetup on the evening of Thursday, the 8th of June at the AWS Singapore Office to discuss how we can address cybersecurity challenges locally and globally.
We recently hosted OpenSSF Day at the Open Source Summit North America in Vancouver, BC with a full day of session presentations, panels, and lightning talks around the current state of open source security. If you weren’t able to attend, the videos are now available on our YouTube channel to view, and here are a…
Where we are with SBOMs and where may the community go in the future? At the 2023 SBOM Devroom, hosted at FOSDEM 2023 in Brussels, participants discussed various topics related to generating, understanding, managing, and converting Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs).
OpenSSF, in collaboration with Linux Foundation Research, recently launched a new survey to better understand OpenSSF Software Security Awareness. Please take the survey today to share your feedback about our initiatives and how we can improve. We want to hear from you!
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) welcomes four new members from leading technology firms: Hitachi, Lockheed Martin, Salesforce, and SAP. The OpenSSF also welcomes new General Manager, Omkhar Arasaratnam, veteran cybersecurity and technical risk management executive. Plus Microsoft and Google commit $5 million in continued funding for Alpha-Omega.
Let’s get it out of the way early: it’s not always clear how you can best plug into organizations like OpenSSF. That’s why I’m writing this guest blog post as an “outsider.” I’m just your average tech employee who has become progressively more involved since my company, Sonatype, became members of OpenSSF. If you’re connecting…
We are very excited to announce that our second OSS Security Meetup in Japan will be held at Cybozu Tokyo Office on June 2nd in Tokyo, hosted by Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Members.
