Open Source Security
Josh BressersOpen Source Security is a media project to help showcase and educate on open source security. Our goal is to give the community a platform educate both developers and users on how open source security works. There's a lot of good work happening that doesn't get attention because there's no marketing department behind it, they don't have a developer relations team posting on LinkedIn every two hour... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 543 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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Josh chats with Paul Asadoorian about a tool he wrote called fettle and a recent report Paul published on CVEs. Fettle is a tool to help update and manage Linux systems. The big sell on this one is checking if your firmware is out of date. We then ta... more
Josh chats with Erin Schnabel and Rob Nalen about a new effort from Commonhaus and HeroDevs for maintaining end of life open source. This project, the Open Source Sustainability Initiative is a clever way to bring corporations and projects together f... more
Josh chats with James from e18e. This is a project that is working on improving Javascript packages by cleaning up, speeding up, and leveling up the dependencies. The way the e18e project handles this work is very human open source. It's all about bu... more
Josh chats with Patrick Garrity about the VulnCheck State of Exploitation 1H-2026 report. Patrick explains the current trends we are seeing around vulnerabilities right now. While the number of CVEs is way up, the number of actually exploited vulnera... more
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Josh may no longer be with Kurt, he still makes a wicked podcast with a good concentrated dose of open source security.
Apple Podcasts5LikeToTaste
United Kingdom2 years ago - josh is insufferable
I really enjoy Kurt’s perspective on stuff. Josh is insufferable. Not sure what complex he suffers from, but he can never be wrong and is always steamrolling Kurt.
Apple Podcasts1letitsnowman
United States2 years ago - Great Podcast
I don't work in this field; I'm strictly a security hobbyist. Found this podcast through archive.org, incidentally. Listened to 5 minutes of one episode and that was enough for me to subscribe. Thanks for a great podcast!
Apple Podcasts5CornOnTheMacabreUnited States2 years ago - Most frustrating show I continue listening to
Like a meeting with no agenda it can be informative and entertaining and you’re never quite sure if you should attend again but usually you do.
Apple Podcasts4cspeckrunUnited States3 years ago - The banter is spot on
as of September 2023 be negative reviews may be from non-techs or squishy persons in general. I understand the humor, and every episode that I have listened to so far which is only half a dozen the hosts understand and get what they are talking about. having over 20 years both professionally and not in the information technology field I find myself quite amused at their observations, and more often than not not in agreement more than once an episode. If the hosts, however, ever come across this ... more
Apple Podcasts4unbleachedbitUnited States3 years ago
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What is Open Source Security about and what kind of topics does it cover?
A concise, data-forward look at open source security, governance, and supply chain transparency. Episodes frequently center on vulnerability disclosure, OSS risk management, and funding models that sustain critical open source projects. Notable threads include SBOMs and their evolving role in policy, AI-assisted tooling for security and discovery, upstream-downstream collaboration in ecosystems, and practical steps for organizations to improve resilience without resorting to hype. The show often features practitioners and community leaders who bring hands-on experience with governance, maintenance, and security practices across language ecosystems, tooling registries, and large foundations. A standout trait is its willingness to surface rea... more
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Recent guests on Open Source Security include:
1. Patrick Garrity
2. Josh Corman
3. Josh Marpet
4. Mo Duffy
5. Lori Lorusso
6. Niko Matsakis
7. Allan Friedman
8. Jordi Boggiano
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