What to do about open source vulnerabilities? Move fast, says Linux Foundation expert

What to do about open source vulnerabilities? Move fast, says Linux Foundation expert

QCon Plus Automated testing and rapid deployment are critical to defending against vulnerabilities in open source software, said David Wheeler, director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation.


Dr Wheeler, who is the author of multiple books on secure programming and teaches a course on the subject at George Mason University in Virginia, US, was speaking at the QCon Plus event under way online this week.



The OpenSSF dashboard is intended to help developers assess the security of open source projects



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Wheeler referenced a 2021 report by software security and IoT (Internet of Things) company ..

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