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Op-ed
ROOST Reminds Us Why Open Source Tools Matter
In an op-ed for Tech Policy Press, IST Ecosystem Trust and Safety Associate Fatima Faisal Khan explains why the Trust and Safety community needs ROOST, a newly launched non-profit open source tooling hub.
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artificial intelligence
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open source
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tooling
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Trust and Safety
March 20, 2025
Blog
IST’s Open-Source Software Security Initiative Submits Response to Request for Information
This week, the IST team submitted a response to a request for information (RFI) from the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on areas of long-term focus and prioritization in open-source software security.
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October 11, 2023
Event
July 18, 2023 3:00 pm
Castles Built on Sand: Digging into the Foundation | Towards Securing the Open-Source Software Ecosystem
On July 18, 2023 Politico’s John Sakellariadis moderated a conversation with the authors of Castles Built on Sand to dig into the foundation of our recommendations to secure the open-source software ecosystem.
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software security
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vulnerability management
July 18, 2023
Report
Castles Built on Sand: Towards Securing the Open-Source Software Ecosystem
Castles Built on Sand advocates for a fundamental shift in the open-source software ecosystem. Taking the Log4j vulnerability as a case study, the paper seeks to understand the documentation of its development, the transparent response and mitigation efforts at each stage of the disclosure cycle, and its ongoing exploitation.
cybersecurity
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April 17, 2023
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