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Getting the most out of open source without sacrificing security

CIO Business Intelligence

Open source has seen a great deal of momentum among mainframers, making collaboration easier and providing greater transparency. But for all of its benefits, open source is not without risks. By its very nature, open-source code is accessible to whoever wants to see it—including potential attackers.

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AI development booms as open source startups fill the gap

Dataconomy

Runa Capital’s ROSS Index highlights the growing market for AI and open-source technologies, tracking the rapid expansion of this sector. These efforts showcase the diverse, evolving nature of AI and open-source ventures. This convergence of trends is a key focus of the report.

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Some Good News About Application Security

Forrester IT

In my new report, “The State Of Application Security, 2020,” some of the trends are. Applications remain the most popular attack vector, open source continues to infect everything, and too many industries are not investing in the application security controls they need. kind of discouraging.

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Open source security report finds library-induced flaws in 70% of applications

Tech Republic Security

Problems are everywhere, but most fixes are easy to find and implement, according to a Veracode report that analyzed.

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Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects

The Verge

A developer appears to have purposefully corrupted a pair of open-source libraries on GitHub and software registry npm — “ faker.js ” and “ colors.js ” — that thousands of users depend on, rendering any project that contains these libraries useless, as reported by Bleeping Computer. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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How to modernize and accelerate mainframe application development

CIO Business Intelligence

According to the Rocket Software Survey Report 2022: The State of the Mainframe , four out of five IT professionals see the mainframe as critical to business success. With that in mind, what can businesses do to modernize their applications effectively? Success hinges on development support.

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Google’s New Open Source Vulnerability Database

SecureWorld News

Google recently launched the 'OSV' (Open Source Vulnerabilities) database, as a " first step towards improving vulnerability triage for developers and consumers of open source software.". This will help consumers of open source software determine if they were impacted and make the appropriate security changes.