OSPS Baseline: Practical Security Best Practices For Open Source Software Projects
HelpNet Security, Monday, March 10th, 2025
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry initiative by the Linux Foundation, has announced the initial release of the Open Source Project Security Baseline (OSPS Baseline), a tiered framework of security practices that evolve with the maturity of open source projects.
The OSPS Baseline compiles existing guidance from OpenSSF and other expert groups, outlining tasks, processes, artifacts, and configurations that enhance software development and consumption security and, in general, should lead to a better security posture for open source software projects.
The outlined practices are related to access control, documentation, governance, build and release, security assessment, vulnerability management, and more. The Baseline groups the controls in three tiers:...