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Diverse stakeholders convened to discuss paths to improvement
On 13 January the White House organised a meeting on improving security of open source software with actors representing governmental agencies, private sector and open source foundations…
NEWSCreated: 17/02/2022Updated Date: 17/02/2022
The U.S. Department of Defence has published new guidelines for the internal use of open source for cyber defence purposes
The U.S. Department of Defence CIO urged the Department to prefer open source over proprietary solutions. On 24 January 2022, the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) Chief Information Officer John…
NEWSCreated: 16/02/2022Updated Date: 18/02/2022
US GOV OPS collaboration on 5G
The Linux Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) signed an agreement to create the US Government Open Programmable Secure (US GOV OPS) which will accelerate innovation…
NEWSCreated: 26/04/2021Updated Date: 26/04/2021
German private contract tracing app becomes open source after being procured by regional governments
One of the positive developments of COVID-19 was a readjustment toward the expectation that government developed apps using sensitive data should be made available as open source. The OSOR has…
NEWSCreated: 31/03/2021Updated Date: 31/03/2021
The latest survey of over 1200 contributors provides recommendations for more secure Open Source Software
A new report on a survey of over 1,200 Open Source contributors has been published as a part of a bigger research on improving security and sustainability of Open Source Software. What are the most…
NEWSCreated: 21/12/2020Updated Date: 21/12/2020
Germany trials X-Road to provide interoperable digital prescriptions
In times of COVID-19, trustworthy, interoperable public sector solutions are of special importance. Germany is trialing further digitisation of its healthcare and is relying on X-Road® data exchange…
NEWSCreated: 09/12/2020Updated Date: 15/12/2020
Belgium saved 85% of development effort by forking the German COVID-19 app
By basing Coronalert on the German Corona Warn App, Belgium achieved reduced costs, development time and gained transparency. Earlier this week, an article on the OSOR reported on COVID-19 tracing…
NEWSCreated: 12/11/2020Updated Date: 12/11/2020
Germany's BSI responsible for further development of Mailvelope
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has invested in the further development of Mailvelope, an open source browser plugin for end-to-end encryption of webmail and web forms. The…
NEWSCreated: 28/08/2019Updated Date: 28/08/2019
Spanish Air Force fights obsolescence and insecurity through open source
Keeping the ICT systems and infrastructures of the Spanish Air Force secure is like fighting a many-headed dragon. So Col. Fernando Acero Martin, Director of Cyber Defence at the Spanish Air Force…
NEWSCreated: 22/07/2019Updated Date: 22/07/2019
Dutch Minister: Electronic voting software needs to be open
The openness of source code is an important requirement of software for electronic voting systems. To guarantee the transparency, verifiability and integrity of these systems, anyone should be able to…
NEWSCreated: 18/10/2017Updated Date: 30/10/2017
OWcon'22 on 8-9 June 2022
OW2con’22 is a two day technical conference happening on 8-9 June 2022, providing an opportunity to network with peers and the international free software community as a whole. The central theme of…
EVENTCreated: 04/03/2022Updated Date: 10/11/2022
Digitising European Industry: Open Source Driving the Automotive Sector
The European industrial landscape is changing rapidly. Today’s reality is that industrial processes, in all sectors, are increasingly software-driven, as we move towards digitisation, connectivity and…
EVENTCreated: 29/04/2021Updated Date: 29/04/2021