Company
Date Published
Author
Bugcrowd
Word count
618
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The presentation by Jake Kouns and Christine Gadsby at Black Hat 2016 emphasizes the importance of managing Open Source Software (OSS) security within organizations, highlighting the risks and benefits associated with its use. The authors suggest a maturity model with five levels, ranging from Level 1, where no resources are spent on OSS security but it's highly risky, to Level 5, where OSS security is fully optimized and integrated into the organization's processes. This approach encourages a proactive and collaborative relationship between developers and security teams, leveraging bug bounties and responsible disclosure policies to improve product security.