CISA releases guidance for software repository management alongside Open Source Security Foundation

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published guidance on implementing best practices for securing various types of software package repositories in partnership with the Open Source Security Foundation.

“Recognizing the critical role package repositories play in securing open source software ecosystems, this framework lays out voluntary security maturity levels for package repositories,” CISA said in a Thursday announcement.

The guidance is intended to support an objective from CISA’s September 2023 roadmap for open source software security,...