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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is proud to announce the release of version 1.0 of Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA). SLSA is an OpenSSF project that provides specifications for software supply chain security, established by community expert consensus. The stable release of the SLSA 1.0 Build Track lowers the barrier of entry for…
It’s important to distinguish the term “source” (any source of a good or service) from the term “vendor” (a source who is paid and has a contractual relationship), especially when discussing software. Here’s why.
The use of SBOMs is becoming increasingly essential in managing software supply chains. The main consumption use case is for evaluating dependencies known-vulnerabilities risk, by mapping the dependencies listed in the SBOM to CVEs. In this blog post, we propose using SBOMs alongside OpenSSF Scorecard to evaluate a product's risk.
Join us for a conversation with OpenSSF Board Member, Brian Fox. In this series, we are shining the spotlight on individuals who play a pivotal leadership role in setting the course for how we secure the open source software supply chain.
