
Open 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 | 531 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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Josh chats with Sal Kimmich about the current state of everything, and what we can expect next. Sal has some incredible insight into what we can expect to see due to the current wave of security bugs and incidents. There are some new features we will... more
Josh talks to Casey Ellis about why vulnerability disclosure is so hard, and also so important. Casey is one of the best in this space having been a Bugcrowd founder. There are few people with more experience and insight into how a security vulnerabi... more
Josh talks to Hans-Christoph Steiner about F-Droid, the Free and Open Source Android App Repository. The way F-Droid works looks a lot like a Linux distribution which has some interesting security challenges, but also some great security benefits. Ha... more
Josh talks to Kat Cosgrove about a how companies should be treating open source more like their critical infrastructure than free stuff. Kat has a ton of knowledge about how the interactions between companies and open source communities can work well... 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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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This show centers on open source security, governance, and practical risk management across software ecosystems. Conversations span maintaining open source projects, disaster recovery planning for tech organizations, secure software supply chains, and the economics of funding security in OSS. Notable patterns include deep dives with technical guests (cryptography, Rust tooling, package registries, vulnerability management) and pragmatic guidance for teams: governance models, funding strategies, and hands-on incident response. A standout angle is treating essential OSS components as infrastructure, with attention to burnout, sustainability, and collaboration between maintainers, vendors, and leadership. The format often blends technical rigo... more
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Recent guests on Open Source Security include:
1. Casey Ellis
2. Hans-Christoph Steiner
3. Kat Cosgrove
4. Vlad Harbuz
5. Paul McCarty
6. Andrew Nesbitt
7. Michael Wisner
8. Luke Hinds
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