Open Source Software: Ways For Cisos To Quell The Fear
CIO, Thursday, August 8th, 2024
The use of open source software has been cited in a number of big security vulnerabilities in recent years. But there are ways to minimize that risk and gain the full benefits that open source offers. Find out about the emerging practices that organizations are using to.
For many stakeholders, there is plenty to love about open source software. Developers tend to enjoy the ability to speed application development by borrowing open source code. CFOs like the fact that open source is often free or low in cost. IT teams benefit from the sprawling, dynamic support communities that surround major open source projects.
Yet, for CISOs, open source is more likely in many cases to inspire fear than love. Open source libraries and modules have been at the heart of many of the major software supply chain security vulnerabilities in recent years - which is not surprising given that, on the whole, open source projects lack the extensive security oversight that major commercial software vendors provide.