In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, about the open-source security projects she’s working on, including the Zephyr project. They chat about strategies for dealing with bugs and vulnerabilities in today's complex tech landscape, including the much talked-about software bill of materials (SBOM), so we can reap the benefits of open source while avoiding the downsides as much as possible.
Stick around for our Rapid Rundown, where Tod and Jen talk about a recent piece of news in the open-source community: A developer used the “event-source-polyfill” npm package to write a piece of “protestware” decrying Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. They also pay homage to healthcare cybersecurity stalwart Mike Murray, who recently passed away.
Kate Stewart
Kate Stewart works with the safety, security, and license compliance communities to advance the adoption of best practices into embedded open-source projects. With over 30 years of experience in the software industry, she has held a variety of roles and worked as a developer in Canada, Australia, and the US and for the last 20 years has managed international software development teams and activities. Kate was one of the founders of SPDX and is currently the specification coordinator. She is also the co-lead for the NTIA SBOM formats and tooling working group. Since joining The Linux Foundation, she has launched the ELISA and Zephyr Projects among others, as well as supporting other embedded projects.
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Read Project Zephyr’s blog post on Amnesia33.Get Linux’s perspective on SBOM.Listen to our security nation stewart source projects linux foundation
