News September 9, 2024

ONCD releases request for information: Open-source software security

3 min read - Open-source software is a collective partnership across the development community that requires both private and public buy-in. However, securing open-source software can be tricky. With so many different people working on the coding, security measures are often overlooked, increasing the…

News February 26, 2024

What is the Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I)?

3 min read - The Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I) recently released Securing the Open-Source Software Ecosystem report, which details the members’ current priorities and recommended cybersecurity solutions. The accompanying fact sheet also provides the highlights of the report. The OS3I includes both federal…

News February 19, 2024

Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act: Redefining open source

3 min read - Amid an increasingly complex threat landscape, we find ourselves at a crossroads where law, technology and community converge. As such, cyber resilience is more crucial than ever. At its heart, cyber resilience means maintaining a robust security posture despite adverse…

Risk Management June 29, 2023

Is open-source security a ticking cyber time bomb?

4 min read - Software depends on layers of code, and much of that code comes from open-source libraries. According to an Octoverse 2022 report, open-source code is used in 97% of applications. Not only do developers embrace open source, but so do nine…

Artificial Intelligence May 2, 2023

ChatGPT confirms data breach, raising security concerns

4 min read - When ChatGPT and similar chatbots first became widely available, the concern in the cybersecurity world was how AI technology could be used to launch cyberattacks. In fact, it didn’t take very long until threat actors figured out how to bypass…

Risk Management January 23, 2023

Log4j forever changed what (some) cyber pros think about OSS

4 min read - In late 2021, the Apache Software Foundation disclosed a vulnerability that set off a panic across the global tech industry. The bug, known as Log4Shell, was found in the ubiquitous open-source logging library Log4j, and it exposed a huge swath…