Security News > 2024 > June > Enhancing security through collaboration with the open-source community

In this Help Net Security interview, Alan DeKok, CEO at NetworkRADIUS, discusses the need for due diligence in selecting and maintaining open-source tools, and brings out the potential risks and benefits of collaborating with the open-source community to enhance software security.

Un-vetted open-source tools can certainly reduce system security.

How does the security of open-source software compare to that of proprietary software, particularly in high-stakes environments?

A related issue which isn't often talked about is the risk of "Forking" the open-source project, which means someone creates a copy of the original project's source code and further develops it independently.

How can organizations effectively collaborate with the open-source community to enhance the security of their software?

Why should a company use its resources to maintain proprietary patches for an open-source project when it can instead send those patches back and have the community maintain them for free?

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/06/18/alan-dekok-networkradius-open-source-software-security/