Check out this article on ZDNet to learn more about how OpenChain ISO 5230 and other LF projects fit into the recent US Executive Order on Cybersecurity.
“Open source software license compliance must not be overlooked. Following the trends in the use of ISO/IEC 5230:2020, it is fair to predict more companies and industries will demand conformance as well as integrate the standard into their supply chain work practices. Cybersecurity breaches are a serious threat to all types of businesses. In the last twelve months four in ten businesses report having cybersecurity breaches or attacks in the UK. Although ISO/IEC 5230:2020 does not contain an express provision regarding cybersecurity, conformance to the standard makes the tracking of security vulnerabilities much easier. Adherence to the ISO standard now, puts your organisation ahead of the curve and places you ahead of non-conformant competitors.”
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“Open source adoption is increasing rapidly within the financial services industry. Thanks to cutting edge technologies, affordability, flexibility, and the power of the open source community – more and more financial institutions are encouraged to integrate open source components into their investment and more data processing systems. Meanwhile, the industry’s growing list of compliance initiatives and regulations dramatically changes the way financial companies rely on technology to help improve governance and compliance structures. In this webinar our experts will discuss the challenges the financial services industry faces when it comes to open source compliance, a look at regulation trusted standards and how companies that want to stay ahead of the game must leverage technology to automate important security and compliance processes.”
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Survey closes June 10th.
This webinar explored the variants of the GPLv2 that exist and have existed throughout the years, highlighting the existence of small changes in details that may be relevant to some parties.
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This is OpenChain Webinar #24, released on 2021-06-03.
Newsletter – Issue 49 – May 2021
Our newsletter contains some of the highlights from the last month of activity in the project. Plenty more happened. Check out the full stream here:
https://www.openchainproject.org/news
OpenChain @ Q1 Survey Results
Find the fascinating results of our Q1 community survey here:
OpenChain Q1 Survey – Results and Notes
OpenChain @ Interview with Masato Endo, OpenChain Project Japan
OpenChain @ Slack
OpenChain is on Slack:https://www.openchainproject.org/featured/2021/04/06/openchain-is-on-slack/embed#?secret=LkSo1RDlEa
OpenChain @ Gear
OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Gear is available due to popular demand:
OpenChain @ Webinar #23
You can watch OpenChain Webinar #23 on OpenChain ISO 5230 in Venture Capital:
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This webinar explored how ISO 5230, the International Standard for open source license compliance, is being used by Venture Capital firms to assess the quality of corporate governance they encounter.
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This is OpenChain Webinar #23, released on 2021-05-21.
