A few weeks ago, the OpenSSF Best Practices Working Group published the Source Code Management (SCM) Best Practices guide. This guide is the result of a collaboration of multiple leading security community members under the OpenSSF umbrella.Ā The SCM Best Practices guide provides a comprehensive set of recommendations for securing SCM platforms like GitHub and GitLab.…
The OpenSSF has submitted a response to the Request For Information (RFI) on open source software (OSS) security and memory safe programming languages from the US White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) and its partners in the Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I). We have thoroughly reviewed the requirements outlined in the RFI…
Alpha-Omega is pleased to announce a grant to the Homebrew project to enable Sigstore attestations and verification of Homebrew packages. When complete the project will allow organizations to securely verify the provenance of the toolchains on their workstations and in their build environments. This is a critical part of securing every software supply chain.Ā
The organizations that build and secure the Internet are concerned about proposed EU regulations that aim to mandate that all Web browsers recognize a new form of certificate for the purposes of authenticating websites. To support Mozillaās position on eIDAS regulation and the organizationās multi-year effort to avert a potential policy disaster for cryptography in…
Linux Foundation Training & Certification, ISC2, and Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) today announced a new collaboration to empower the open source cybersecurity community through secure software development, knowledge sharing, education, certification and much more. Together, the three organizations will lead the way to secure software development and lifecycle management for open source code.
The Biden-Harris Administration issued a landmark Executive Order on developing Artificial Intelligence (AI), harnessing the power of AI responsibly, and managing the risks of AI. Executive Order 14110 directs actions for new standards on AI safety, security, privacy protection, equity and civil rights advancement, consumer and worker protection, and more.
Global web infrastructure is in a precarious position based on new research by theĀ OpenJS FoundationĀ thanks to an OpenSSF grant. The OpenJS Foundation is announcing the results of an end-user audit based on an IDC survey that shows three-quarters of a billion websites are running out of date software, with most capturing personal and financial information.…
This month's spotlight is on the OpenSSF Identifying Security Threats Working Group, which recently released the first version of the Security Insights Specification. This Working Group is dedicated to equipping the community with tools and documents for assessing the health of open source projects using metrics and other supporting evidence.
In our increasingly digitized world, data reigns supreme. Alongside traditional valuable information like customer records and bank details, data on interactions and activity has become more valuable to companies. As data has become critical, it is also more at risk from theft or attacks like ransomware. According to IBM, the average data breach cost worldwide…
Security is the key theme throughout the three new free Express Learning courses launched by Linux Foundation Training & Certification for cloud professionals. The courses include: Security Self-Assessments for Open Source Projects (LFEL1005), Securing Projects with OpenSSF Scorecard (LFEL1006), Automating Supply Chain Security: SBOMs and Signatures (LFEL1007).
