Peters and Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Secure Open Source Software - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs senate.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from senate.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The new White House plan outlines proposed minimum security requirements in critical infrastructure and for shifting liability for software products to vendors.
Open-source software (OSS) sits at the center of almost every digital technology moving the world since the early 1980s laptops, cellphones, widespread internet connectivity, cloud computing, social media, automation, all the rainbow flavors of e-commerce, and even secure communications and anti-censorship tools.