Open Source Vulnerability Management Complying with the FDA’s SBOM Requirements The FDA now requires medical device manufacturers to submit an SBOM (software bill of materials) as part of the premarket review process.
Inside FOSSA Enable Global Visibility and Swift Remediation with Package Index Package Index offers comprehensive visibility into your software supply main, making it much easier to find a specific package or vulnerability.
Open Source in the News 4 Takeaways from the ESF’s OSS and SBOM Management Recommendations A new publication from the Enduring Security Framework (ESF) working group includes recommendations to help organizations manage SBOMs and OSS-related risks.
Inside FOSSA Reduce Alert Fatigue with FOSSA’s Auto-Ignore Rules Explore the recently launched auto-ignore feature, which streamlines issue resolution across multiple projects and package versions
Open Source Vulnerability Management Terrapin (CVE-2023-48795): New Attack Impacts the SSH Protocol The recently announced Terrapin attack (CVE-2023-48795) impacts the popular SSH protocol. Here’s what you need to know about the vulnerability.
Open Source Vulnerability Management Understanding and Using the EPSS Scoring System EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) measures how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild.
Open Source Vulnerability Management Best Practices for Generating High-Quality SBOMs The more accurate and comprehensive an SBOM is, the more valuable it will be. See considerations and strategies for generating high-quality SBOMs in your organization.
Open Source Vulnerability Management Curl Vulnerabilities: Impact and Fixes (Curl 8.4.0) New vulnerabilities impacting the popular Curl command line tool and library were disclosed on Oct. 11. See details and fixes.
Software Composition Analysis SBOM Examples, Explained See two SBOM examples, including practical explanations for data fields and document sections.
Software Composition Analysis Understanding and Using SPDX License Identifiers and License Expressions Learn about SPDX License Identifiers and License Expressions, and see how you can use them to communicate licensing information in an SBOM.
Open Source Vulnerability Management 5 Ways SBOM Can Strengthen Security See five ways SBOMs can improve security, including enhanced visibility into vulnerabilities and support for remediation.
Open Source Vulnerability Management Vulnerability Remediation Tactics Explore strategies for remediating vulnerabilities in third-party software components, including pros and cons for each.
Open Source Vulnerability Management VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange): Purpose and Use Cases Learn about VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange), which is used to communicate whether vulnerabilities impacting software products are actually exploitable.
Open Source Vulnerability Management How to Operationalize SBOMs Throughout the SDLC Explore best practices for getting value from software bill of materials (SBOM) data throughout the software development lifecycle.
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 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 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.
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 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.
Open Source Vulnerability Management An Overview of Spring RCE Vulnerabilities A pair of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities impacting Spring were disclosed this week.
Developer Perspectives The Three Pillars of Reproducible Builds Explore three key principles of designing reproducible builds: repeatable builds, immutable environments, and source availability.
Open Source in the News 5 Highlights from the U.S. Senate’s Log4J Vulnerability Hearing The U.S. Senate's hearing on Log4Shell brought to light new information on the Log4J vulnerability and industry's response to it.
