{"id":42818,"date":"2020-08-04T14:57:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T18:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opensource.im\/uncategorized\/open-source-security-foundation-joined-by-microsoft-and-others-to-improve-linux-software-redmondmag-com.php"},"modified":"2020-08-04T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T18:57:57","slug":"open-source-security-foundation-joined-by-microsoft-and-others-to-improve-linux-software-redmondmag-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/open-source-software\/open-source-security-foundation-joined-by-microsoft-and-others-to-improve-linux-software-redmondmag-com.php","title":{"rendered":"Open Source Security Foundation Joined by Microsoft and Others To Improve Linux Software &#8211; Redmondmag.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>News<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft on Monday  announced that it has joined the newly created Open Source Security  Foundation, along with other industry partners, to improve the security of open  source software.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is a founding member of the Open Source  Security Foundation, along with \"GitHub, Google, IBM, JPMC, NCC Group,  OWASP Foundation and Red Hat,\" the announcement added. The JPMorgan Chase  banking chain is also listed as a founding member, per the Open Source Security Foundation's FAQ.<\/p>\n<p>The Open Source Security Foundation is \"hosted at  the Linux Foundation\" and brings together various Linux  Foundation-initiated efforts. Those efforts include the \"Core  Infrastructure Initiative (CII)\" and the \"GitHub-initiated Open Source  Security Coalition (OSSC),\" among others. The OSSC members are joining the  Open Source Security Foundation and the efforts of CII likely will get  dissolved into the new foundation, the FAQ explained.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the new foundation is to \"improve the  security of open source software by building a broader community, targeted  initiatives and best practices,\" Microsoft indicated. A list of current  technical initiative being overseen by the foundation can be found at this GitHub page.<\/p>\n<p>The open source software community has tended to critique  proprietary software companies, such as Microsoft, because its code can't be  independently checked. However, Microsoft's announcement by Mark Russinovich,  Microsoft's chief technology officer, offered an alternative view, namely: <\/p>\n<p>\"Given the complexity and communal nature of open  source software, building better security must also be a community-driven  process,\" Russinovich argued in explaining Microsoft's support for the  new foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft had already been working with the OSSC to  identify security threats in open source software. It's also worked to speed  the software fixing process. Additionally, Microsoft has developed security  tools for open source developers, and it currently offers best-practices advice,  Russinovich noted. <\/p>\n<p>About the Author<\/p>\n<p>                                        Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.                                                                             <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redmondmag.com\/articles\/2020\/08\/04\/microsoft-open-source-security-foundation.aspx\" title=\"Open Source Security Foundation Joined by Microsoft and Others To Improve Linux Software - Redmondmag.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Source Security Foundation Joined by Microsoft and Others To Improve Linux Software - Redmondmag.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> News Microsoft on Monday announced that it has joined the newly created Open Source Security Foundation, along with other industry partners, to improve the security of open source software. Microsoft is a founding member of the Open Source Security Foundation, along with \"GitHub, Google, IBM, JPMC, NCC Group, OWASP Foundation and Red Hat,\" the announcement added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-source-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}