Open Source Insight: AI for Open Source Management, IoT Time Bombs, Ready for GDPR?
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Some interesting topics in this week’s Open Source Insight, including news that Equifax knew about its security issues more than a year before the fact. We also look at the use of AI for open source management; the ticking time bomb that is IoT security; a preview of the Legal track at Black Duck FLIGHT 2017, and to round out the month, we offer a fun infographic in the spirit of Halloween.
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Open Source Insight: AI for Open Source Management, IoT Time Bombs, Ready for GDPR?
- 1. Open Source Insight: AI for Open Source Management, IoT Time Bombs, Ready for GDPR? Fred Bals | Senior Content Writer/Editor
- 2. Cybersecurity News This Week Some interesting topics in this week’s Open Source Insight, including news that Equifax knew about its security issues more than a year before the fact. We also look at the use of AI for open source management; the ticking time bomb that is IoT security; a preview of the Legal track at Black Duck FLIGHT 2017, and to round out the month, we offer a fun infographic in the spirit of Halloween. Read on for the best open source security and cybersecurity news from around the Web!
- 3. • Breaking: Equifax Knew of Security Flaws Months Before It Was Hacked • Artificial Intelligence for Open Source Risk Management • How to Address the IoT Security Ticking Time Bomb • Don’t Let Open Source Vulnerabilities Haunt You This Halloween • Open Source Helps Healthcare Orgs Adapt to IT Advancements Open Source News
- 4. More Open Source News • Legal Minds Examine Open Source Management at FLIGHT • Google, Cisco and Sprint Back ARM IoT Security Framework • What Job Are You "Hiring" Open Source Software Authors to Do? • Examining The Three Classes Of Cybersecurity Needs • GDPR: Are You Ready for Data D-Day? • Successfully Navigating Open Source Software Issues in M&A
- 5. via Motherboard: Last year, a security researcher alerted Equifax that anyone could have stolen the personal data of all Americans. The company failed to heed the warning. Breaking: Equifax Knew of Security Flaws Months Before It Was Hacked
- 6. Artificial Intelligence for Open Source Risk Management via Black Duck blog (Baljeet Malhotra): On a given day, our security experts at Black Duck could end up analyzing tens of vulnerabilities to make the consumers of affected open source solutions more secure. In this context, we are using AI solutions to help our security experts conduct vulnerability analysis at a large scale quickly and accurately.
- 7. via Tech Target: It ranges from challenging to impossible for OEM development teams and their third-party software suppliers to accurately and effectively track all open source software components in their code. Especially when their main focus is to concentrate on developing higher-order systems. How to Address the IoT Security Ticking Time Bomb
- 8. Don’t Let Open Source Vulnerabilities Haunt You This Halloween Black Duck Infographic: Software exploits are scary. Personal data exposed, medical devices called into question, connected cars hijacked—these are just some of the frightening things that happen when software vulnerabilities are exploited.
- 9. via HIT Infrastructure: Vendors are adding open source capabilities to their tools to add much needed IT infrastructure flexibility. The more tools and devices organizations add to their IT infrastructure, the more unique an ecosystem becomes. That is why open source fits more complex environments. Open Source Helps Healthcare Orgs Adapt to IT Advancements
- 10. Legal Minds Examine Open Source Management at FLIGHT via Black Duck blog (Kiara White): Join us at Black Duck FLIGHT 2017 and learn strategies from general counsels and legal firms that can help clients understand code integrity, identify open source licenses and surface security vulnerabilities, and review what measures legal firms should take to protect client data. Our legal and compliance sessions will be led by both Black Duck experts and practicing attorneys with keen insights into how open source fits into today's business environment.
- 11. via SDX Central: When it comes to securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices, “no device should be left behind,” says Paul Williamson, VP and GM, IoT Device IP at ARM. To this end, the U.K.-based silicon chipmaker developed an industry-wide framework for building secure, connected devices. Google, Cisco and Sprint Back ARM IoT Security Framework
- 12. What Job Are You "Hiring" Open Source Software Authors to Do? via Black Duck blog (David Znidarsic): What job does your company “hire” an open source author to do? That’s an easy one: an open source software author is “hired” to develop, test, and maintain software for your company, but how often do you think about their role in that way?
- 13. via Forbes: September 2017 witnessed a trifecta of mega- breaches: Equifax, SEC and Deloitte. Cybersecurity was already a messy and technical topic, and these disclosures have made it even more perplexing. There are hundreds of security product vendors, and the industry is collectively spending billions of dollars every year and is expected to top $100 billion by 2020. So why is it so hard for organizations to get their act together and prevent breaches? What exactly are we missing? Examining The Three Classes Of Cybersecurity Needs
- 14. GDPR: Are You Ready for Data D-Day? via Drapers: With seven months to go until the General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect, retailers are starting to make preparations for an information sea change.
- 15. Successfully Navigating Open Source Software Issues in M&A via Black Duck (Webinar): The continued growth in the use of open source software underscores the importance of thorough software due diligence. This webinar examines key open source software-related issues and deal points in M&A, licensing and other transactions.
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