Reasons Why Most Audits are Still Waiting

“Audits cost too much” We’ve seen what happens in the open source ecosystem when audits are deferred – those vulnerabilities assumed to not exist are discovered, and the aftermath is a project, community, and entire ecosystem in shambles. If you ask those authors if they made the right choice deferring…

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The OSTIF Independent Security Audit Impact Report

Today OSTIF is thrilled to release the Independent Security Audit Impact Report.  This report is the culmination of over a year’s worth of work that OSTIF organized thanks to funding from Google and OpenSSF.  “I am extremely proud of this work and what OSTIF continues to accomplish. Organizations like Google,…

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Read more about the article The OSTIF Public Books Have Been Updated – Oct 2017
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The OSTIF Public Books Have Been Updated – Oct 2017

The OSTIF Public Books Have Been Updated - October 2017 We have updated our 2017 Books to current, and they can be viewed here:   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OqWBlNwk5be2c74cRlmYOdhLWPeCjCBAALxYCdMwIaM Highlights since the last major update of the books: -Private Internet Access has become our first Platinum Sponsor. This means that they have committed to…

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OSTIF’s 2017 Open Books Have Been Updated

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OSTIF's 2017 Open Books Have Been Updated Our commitment to keep our financial transactions fully transparent continues. We have updated our public books to current. You can view them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OqWBlNwk5be2c74cRlmYOdhLWPeCjCBAALxYCdMwIaM/ Our biggest items of note in 2017 so far are the donations and expenses related to the OpenVPN 2.4 fundraiser.…

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OSTIF’s 2017 Books Have Been Updated

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Open Source Technology Improvement Fund's Open Books for 2017 We have been late to the party on updating our open books for 2017. I have gone through and updated them finally today. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OqWBlNwk5be2c74cRlmYOdhLWPeCjCBAALxYCdMwIaM The big items of note: -The OpenVPN Fundraiser has concluded and we beat our goals by a…

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OSTIF Progress Report – Transparency – September 23rd 2015

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OSTIF is marching toward our first major fundraiser and we have reached a number of milestones. We have established our Kickstarter account. Our website is in its near-final form. Only minor graphic edits remain. We are compiling lists of organizations to reach out to in order to solicit donations. This…

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