The Five Founding Fathers of Open Source
"It’s that time of year again, Thanksgiving! Just as we remember our forefathers who came to the New World in search of freedom, let’s spare a thought for those Open Source pioneers who helped..."
Read about application security, DevSecOps, license compliance, and software supply chain security.
"It’s that time of year again, Thanksgiving! Just as we remember our forefathers who came to the New World in search of freedom, let’s spare a thought for those Open Source pioneers who helped..."
Do you remember in high school it seemed like all the cool kids seemed to be speaking in their own code? Well, it’s a bit like that in DevOps circles today. Everybody’s talking about Continuous Integration (CI) this, Continuous Deployment (CD) that. And who knows, you might even hear some people mentioning Continous Delivery (CDel)....
Rami Sass, Co-Founder at WhiteSource presented how you can use Jenkins latest integration with WhiteSource to fully monitor and control all open source licenses, including dependencies.
oin Corregan Brown, co- founder of ProjectLocker, and Rami Sass, co-founder of WhiteSource to learn about the benefits of cloud-based development and how to best manage the use of open source.
"Once again, a serious vulnerability has been found in the kernel of the OS which most server and smart phones on the planet run on - Linux. Not only that, the Dirty Cow vulnerability has been..."
"It’s happened again. Yesterday a new critical open source vulnerability was detected. This time, white hat hacker Dawid Golunski discovered a critical vulnerability affecting every available..."
Exploring the nefarious (and at times plain weird) story of ransomware, and how you can protect yourself from its grasps.
In this post we cover the top 4 challenges facing enterprises nowadays from improving their agility.
"If you manage a team of developers, you need to keep yourself up-to-date on the latest major developments in Open Source. Whether you need to keep an eye on your industry's latest open source..."
If you’re a development manager, your developers are using choosing many open source components during a project lifecycle. Are you in the know about how your team is checking open source...
Serious security threats keep hitting the Android platform. In response, both Google and device makers like Samsung and LG have recently made several proposals and initiatives to remedy this...
7 agile tools that you should consider, from initial planning, to project management, to day-to-day team communication and time tracking.
"The open source journey started back in the ‘50s with free software. It had many stops along the way until it became what we know today as open source. Open source finds its roots in the U.S...."
Let’s take a look at your most frequently asked questions about the GNU GPL with the Classpath exception.
If you run a Java-based application, you might be at risk. Discover what might turn out to be Java’s Heartbleed.
"To open source, or not open source, that is the question. The idea of opening a company’s source code attracts a lot of reactions: some companies are opening up to it, some don’t look at it as..."
Linus's Law says that if enough people are looking at a certain code, security & quality issues will be discovered. So how can we explain the massive security vulnerabilities?
Learn how to continuously manage your open source components, enforce license compliance, and be notified when security vulnerabilities are discovered and fixed.
In this webinar, Dr. Ron Rymon, a serial entrepreneur, shares his experience as an entrepreneur and investor going through two different open source due diligence processes as part
The viewer of this webinar will walk away with enough knowledge to make an educated choice as to which approach is the best for their organization.
"Watch this webinar to better understand how to reduce open source security risks. In this webinar we explain, how crucial and effective open source usage management is in reducing the security risks"
Like 80% of other development teams, you are increasingly relying on open source components. This enables you to develop faster, reduce costs and improve efficiency. On the flip side, it is very difficult to know what components were used, and in which parts of your product. When a security vulnerability is discovered in an open...
"Over the years, I have been involved in several startups as a founder, advisor, and investor. I also had the good fortune of being part of a couple of acquisition processes. When an acquisition..."
Open Source has been in commercial usage since the 1970s, but sometimes the picture painted by the media tends to be superficial and simplistic. For anyone developing software professionally, all...
Stagefright is a security vulnerability that makes it possible for a hacker to turn your smartphone to a trojaned phone by just sending an MMS containing a video with malware. All a hacker needs...
Software due diligence is a crucial part of each software company’s due diligence process. Learn how you should prepare your software for a quick and successful audit with no red flags.
In this post we discuss the methods and tools that can help you address security issues in the best and most effective manner.
Open Source Software (OSS) is a vital part of business’s technology platforms. Businesses use OSS either for their own operations, to run their computer servers (mostly through Linux, BSD or...
Discussing the top five mistakes that we see technology leaders often make when trying to manage the application lifecycle & how to avoid them.
The various headlines discussing the lawsuit against VMware have probably caught your eyes. Long and detailed articles discuss the lawsuit, the GPLv2 open source software license and the VMWare...
Cybercrime has grown exponentially in recent years. With millions of mobile devices and laptops being sold worldwide, malicious attackers are getting more and more opportunities to illegally...
True or False – What do you Know about Open Source Components in Software Development?
Mend, the leading provider of SaaS Open Source Lifecycle Management Solutions, announced today the opening of a public beta. After three months in closed beta, the company is officially...