Cybersecurity risks unique to open source and what communities are doing to reduce them (Matthew L. Levy, IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the 25th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published.

Title	Cybersecurity Risks Unique to Open Source and What Communities Are Doing to Reduce Them
Keywords	Public Domain Software, Risk Management, Security Of Data, Cybersecurity Risk, Open Source, Risk Areas, Source Projects
Authors	Matthew L. Levy
Publication	Computer vol. 56, no. 6 (June 2023), pp 78-83

Abstract: This article delineates four categories of risk unique to open source projects and communities. We also discuss the communities actively seeking to mitigate these risk areas and suggest areas to elevate cybersecurity risk in open source.

As always, the article is freely available (local copy).

Also, check out the full list of articles.

Posted on

2023-10-04