Company
Date Published
Author
Sarah Conway
Word count
680
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Linux Foundation hosts an annual event called the Open Source Summit, which features expert speakers from the open source community and includes talks on various topics such as DevOps, security, and cloud-native applications. Snyk will be sponsoring the event and presenting several talks related to open source security, including a live hacking workshop about securing Kubernetes configurations. The company has been working closely with the Linux Foundation to improve code security through their jointly developed LFX security tool, which aggregates security data and provides scanning engine expertise. Snyk is also involved in various other projects focused on application security across different areas of open source software development. During the summit, Snyk will host four talks about open source application security, covering topics such as software supply chain security, Kubernetes configuration security, nurturing women in the InfoSec community, and open source tooling for software bill of materials. The company is excited to be a sponsor at the event and invites attendees to learn more about open source application security.