Proposals to improve the security of open source software were presented at a summit attended by some of the biggest names in technology. The Open Source Security Summit, convened by the Linux Foundation and the Open Source Software Security Foundation with US government support, follows a spate of supply chain cyberattacks made possible by flaws in open source code.
Marking the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden’s executive order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, yesterday’s summit was attended by over 90 executives from 37 companies, as well as government leaders from six government agencies, including the National Security Council (NSC) and the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Safety Agency (CISA). Companies like Amazon…
