5 Security Projects That Are Giving Back

5 Security Projects That Are Giving Back

Editor’s note: We had planned to publish our Hacky Holidays blog series throughout December 2021 – but then Log4Shell happened, and we dropped everything to focus on this major vulnerability that impacted the entire cybersecurity community worldwide. Now that it’s 2022, we’re feeling in need of some holiday cheer, and we hope you’re still in the spirit of the season, too. Throughout January, we’ll be publishing Hacky Holidays content (with a few tweaks, of course) to give the new year a festive start. So, grab an eggnog latte, line up the carols on Spotify, and let’s pick up where we left off.

While it's always nice to receive gifts, the holiday season is more about giving – whether you're buying something nice for the people you love or giving back to the community to help ensure others enjoy the holidays as much as you do.

Giving back is exactly what we'll be focusing on in today's Hacky Holidays post, as it's a theme that truly resonates with those in the security industry. From white-hat hackers to those volunteering their time to make the internet a safer, more inclusive space, we've highlighted a few security-related projects that exemplify the spirit of giving back.

1. The Innocent Lives Foundation

The Innocent Lives Foundation aims to identify child predators and help bring them to justice. They do this by leveraging the combined power of the information security community to create tools that unmask anonymous child predators online. Then, using the data from Open Source ..

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