Inside FOSSA November 2022 FOSSA Product Updates We’re excited to announce new support for C/C++ and updates to our issue resolution workflow, container scanning offering, and integration with Azure repos.
Open Source Vulnerability Management OpenSSL Vulnerability 2022: Details and Fixes Two new high-severity vulnerabilities impacting OpenSSL have been disclosed. Here's what we know about the issues and how to address them.
Open Source in the News CVE-2022-42889 Text4Shell Vulnerability: Impact and Fixes See important details on the Text4Shell vulnerability, including affected versions, how it compares to Log4Shell, and how to identify and remediate it.
Open Source License Compliance Open Source Licenses 101: Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) Get an overview of the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL), including key provisions and how it compares to the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL).
Open Source in the News Analyzing the Securing Open Source Software Act A new piece of proposed legislation would direct the U.S. federal government to create a framework for assessing security risks in open source software.
Open Source Vulnerability Management U.S. Government Memo Requires Self-Attestation to Secure Development Practices U.S. government agencies must now require software suppliers to self-attest that they have adhered to NIST Guidance for secure software development.
Open Source License Compliance Heather Meeker on Open Source License Compliance Tools Leading OSS licensing expert Heather Meeker shares guidance to help organizations evaluate new compliance tools and get more value from existing ones.
Open Source License Compliance Q and A: Heather Meeker on Hot Topics in OSS License Compliance IP attorney Heather Meeker tackles several hot topics in OSS license compliance, including SBOMs, the AGPL, triggers for distribution, and more.
Inside FOSSA FOSSA Earns Great Place To Work Certification FOSSA has earned the Great Place to Work Certification, which reflects our strong company culture and workplace environment.
Open Source License Compliance Customer Q&A: Collibra's Journey to Scaling OSS License Compliance Amanda Weare, Collibra’s VP and Deputy General Counsel, discusses her experience managing Collibra's open source license compliance program.
Open Source Vulnerability Management A Practical Guide to the SLSA Framework SLSA is a Google-created framework designed to help organizations improve the integrity of their software supply chains.
Open Source Vulnerability Management How to Implement the CSRB’s Log4j Security Recommendations See guidance for implementing the security recommendations in the CSRB's recent report on the Log4j vulnerability.
Developer Perspectives Rust: How to Transform a Byte Stream for Fun and Profit Here's one way to think about Rust readers that plays nicely with the way Rust programmers naturally think about streaming values.
Open Source in the News Why Open Source is ESG Leading IP attorney and open source software license compliance expert Heather Meeker explores the connection between ESG investing and OSS.
Inside FOSSA Announcing the Private Beta of FOSSA Risk Intelligence We're excited to announce the private beta of FOSSA Risk Intelligence, which will help users harden their software supply chains.
Open Source License Compliance Open Source Licenses 101: SIL Open Font License (OFL) The SIL Open Font License is an open source license designed for fonts and related software. Explore the license's notable requirements and provisions.
Open Source License Compliance How to Build an Open Source License Compliance Program, Featuring Jim Markwith Technology and transactions attorney Jim Markwith (JD/MBA) lists several key ingredients of a successful open source license compliance program.
Open Source Vulnerability Management Understanding and Preventing Dependency Confusion Attacks Dependency confusion exploits rely on a quirk in certain package managers. See how these attacks can happen, and get guidance on preventing them.
Software Composition Analysis Highlights from NIST SP 800-161r1: Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management See key themes and insights from NIST SP 800-161r1: “Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations.”
Open Source in the News The Massive Implications of Software Freedom Conservancy vs. Vizio The Software Freedom Conservancy's lawsuit against Vizio for alleged GPL violations could have significant ramifications for OSS license enforcement.
Open Source License Compliance Open Source Licenses 101: Boost Software License Get an overview of the Boost Software License, including key requirements and permissions, and see how it compares to other permissive licenses.
Open Source License Compliance Open Source Licenses 101: The CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License) Get an overview of the CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License), including requirements and comparisons to other weak copyleft licenses.
Software Composition Analysis Best Practices for Implementing Software Composition Analysis, Featuring Rancher Labs Rancher Labs Senior Engineering Manager Hayden Barnes shares four strategies to help ensure a successful software composition analysis implementation.
Software Composition Analysis 4 Reasons Rancher Labs Chose FOSSA See why Kubernetes management company Rancher Labs (part of SUSE) chose FOSSA to reduce open source license compliance and vulnerability risk.
Open Source Vulnerability Management An Overview of Spring RCE Vulnerabilities A pair of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities impacting Spring were disclosed this week.
