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Companies are still struggling to gain confidence in the security of their open-source projects, but shifting security earlier in the development process shows promise.

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Maintainers of open source software (OSS) will gain additional security tools for their own projects, while the developers who use OSS — and about 97% of software does — will gain more data on security.

Google has announced a new security team dedicated to open source software.

Open source software to get full security support from Google

/PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) a cross-industry organization hosted at the Linux Foundation that brings together the worlds...

Open source adoption rates are growing globally, with non-propriety code proving to be both efficient and cost-effective for a variety of organizations. Approximately 82 percent of IT decision-makers are more likely to choose a vendor that actively gives back to the open source community, according to a recent report from Red Hat. ­In the UK in particular, much of the reason for this open source drive is down to increased public cloud usage, the growing demand for rapid digital transformation ...

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

Organizations using open-source software aren’t necessarily placing themselves at greater security risk, but the key to a successful, safe implementation of open-source software is a thorough management strategy.

GUEST OPINION: The cyberthreat landscape is constantly evolving as attackers use new techniques to gain access to their targets. One that has seen sig...