Embarking on the Open Source Security Journey

Embarking on the Open Source Security Journey

When Organisations Take the Leap In today’s digital age, the journey toward open-source security often begins with a nudge, sometimes a gentle one and other times a forceful push. For B2B businesses, this nudge frequently comes from customer demands, as clients...
5 Steps for Securing Your Software Supply Chain

5 Steps for Securing Your Software Supply Chain

Most modern applications are assembled from open-source components with developers typically writing less than 15% of the code for their application. As the demand for open-source software grows, there’s also an increase in the number of available open-source...
How Secure Is Open-Source Software?

How Secure Is Open-Source Software?

Open-source software is the building block of modern applications. From web frameworks to encryption tools, these readily available components offer developers a wealth of functionality and accelerate development cycles. However, this convenience comes with a hidden...
Our Assumed Trust in Cyber Security Vendors

Our Assumed Trust in Cyber Security Vendors

Imagine you are a security manager being asked to do a security assessment on a new software for your organisation. It will be deployed across all Windows workstations and servers and will operate as a boot start driver in kernel mode, granting it extensive access to...
You’re Using More Open-Source Than You Realise

You’re Using More Open-Source Than You Realise

My recent conference presentation on open-source security revealed a common theme. Audience members didn’t realise how pervasive open-source is. Everyone in the audience knew that their organisation uses a fair number of open-source components, but they thought that...