We are excited to announce the release of the Source Code Management (SCM) Best Practices Guide by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Best Practices Working Group. This guide is a comprehensive resource dedicated to raising awareness and education for securing and implementing best practices for SCM platforms, including GitHub and GitLab.
The OpenSSF brought together US Government (USG) officials from the National Security Council (NSC), Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) among others with industry leaders at the Secure Open Source Software (SOSS) Summit 2023. Participants at the Summit discussed the security challenges for the consumption of…
We’re excited about the announcement of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s Open Source Software Security Roadmap. The Roadmap, released today, clearly articulates a risk assessment and implementation plan to help secure open source software (OSS) usage in the US Federal Government and private sector.
Open Source Summit Europe in Bilbao, Spain is only one week away! Join us as in-person or virtual attendee for both OpenSSF Day Europe and Open Source Summit Europe. Here are some sessions you won’t want to miss from both events.
The Alpha Omega Summer Mentorship Program recently wrapped up and was a resounding success. The program connected senior software security engineers with newcomers to open source, software development, and security research. Entry-level contributors had the opportunity to help accelerate Omega's mission under the guidance of experienced mentors. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the program…
Early adopters of SBOM have proposed new standards as well as updates to existing standards to specify the status of each vulnerability alongside the SBOM itself. In this context, existing practices such as VDR, CSAF, and emerging standards VEX and OpenVEX are playing a key role.
Securing the open source ecosystem isn't a passive act. It calls for proactive participation through regular code reviews, vulnerability assessments, or simply staying updated with the latest security protocols. Every user, every developer, and every enthusiast has a role to play.
We’re thrilled to announce that RSTUF, Repository Service for TUF, has joined the OpenSSF as an OpenSSF Sandbox Project. This is a major step forward in ensuring we can improve secure content distribution. RSTUF helps address a major challenge: securing software repositories, particularly ensuring the integrity of software updates, is crucial to protect against supply…
The OpenSSF Securing Software Repositories Working Group focuses on the maintainers of software repositories, software registries, and the tools that rely on them. By repositories, we include all platforms where software is developed, including GitHub and other platforms. By registries, we include platforms such as package registries and other ways to distribute software artifacts. We…
We are pleased to announce that OpenSSF Day Japan will be taking place on December 4, 2023 at the Ariake Central Tower Hall & Conference, colocated with Open Source Summit Japan in Tokyo, Japan. Registration is now open, and you are invited to submit your talk to the call for proposals (CFP) for OpenSSF Day…
