Stakeholders: Securing open source software should involve increased visibility, collaboration

Providing support to encourage open source software security should be an integral part of policy approaches in the U.S. and around the world, according to stakeholders, who highlighted benefits and challenges facing the community at a think tank event.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a survey Tuesday on the government’s role in open source policy, looking into 669 policy initiatives launched around the world between 1999 and 2022. The survey reviews the types of government policy...