CISA Outlines Plans to Tackle Open Source Software Security

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has outlined at a broad level its plans to carve out a role in helping secure open source software, both for federal government agencies using this software and across the ecosystem itself.

In an Open Source Software Security Roadmap released on Tuesday, the agency said it wants to build up the capabilities to better understand the complex open source ecosystem and create visibility around the security risks in this landscape. As part …

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