Poking around in the Dark: Why a Shared Understanding of Components Matters

By listing the components included in an application, Software Bills of Materials SBOMs are intended to support the timely identification of vulnerable components and ensure the security of the software supply chain. However, we question the underlying assumption that there is agreement on the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: flang-17.0.2-1.fc39

Flang is a ground-up implementation of a Fortran front end written in modern C++...

Explained: the strengths and weaknesses of the Zero Trust model

In a US court of law, the accused are deemed to be innocent until proven guilty. In a Zero Trust security model, the opposite is true. Everything and everyone must be considered suspect—questioned, investigated, and cross-checked—until we can be absolutely sure it is safe to be allowed. Zero Trus...