National Science Foundation report finds more research needed on incentives for open source software security

Cyber experts from industry, government and academia were unable to come up with a definitive plan for incentives that would encourage investments in open source software security as part of a National Science Foundation project, according to a new report from the research institution.

The report authored by Angelos Keromytis of the Georgia Institute of Technology summarizes findings from two workshops convened by OMB, NSF and NIST to support the White House’s open source software work led by...