New Open Source Security Foundation wants to improve open source software security

The Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry collaboration that brings together leaders to improve the security of open source software (OSS) by building a broader community with target… Continue reading New Open Source Security Foundation wants to improve open source software security

The Linux Foundation develops certification to enable cloud native pros demonstrate competence

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced a new certification, the Certified Kub… Continue reading The Linux Foundation develops certification to enable cloud native pros demonstrate competence

The Linux Foundation hosts the ToIP Foundation to enhance universal security and privacy protocols

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced it will host the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation, an independent project to enable trustworthy exchange and verification of data between any two pa… Continue reading The Linux Foundation hosts the ToIP Foundation to enhance universal security and privacy protocols

The Update Framework graduates from the Linux Foundation’s Cloud Native Computing Foundation

The Update Framework (TUF), an open-source technology that secures software update systems, has become the first specification project to graduate from the Linux Foundation‘s Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). A specification — commo… Continue reading The Update Framework graduates from the Linux Foundation’s Cloud Native Computing Foundation

AWS, Salesforce join forces with Linux Foundation on Cloud Information Model

Last year, Adobe, SAP and Microsoft came together and formed the Open Data Initiative. Not to be outdone, this week, AWS, Salesforce and Genesys, in partnership with The Linux Foundation, announced the Cloud Information Model. The two competing data models have a lot in common. They are both about bringing together data and applying a […] Continue reading AWS, Salesforce join forces with Linux Foundation on Cloud Information Model

New cross-industry consortium aims to accelerate confidential computing adoption

The Linux Foundation announced the intent to form the Confidential Computing Consortium, a community dedicated to defining and accelerating the adoption of confidential computing. Companies committed to this work include Alibaba, Arm, Baidu, Google Clo… Continue reading New cross-industry consortium aims to accelerate confidential computing adoption

Facebook and the Linux Foundation to create a new foundation for the osquery project

Facebook and the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced plans to create a new foundation for the osquery project, which will be dedicated to growing and sustaining a neutral osquery ecosyste… Continue reading Facebook and the Linux Foundation to create a new foundation for the osquery project

Cole Crawford, founder and CEO of Vapor IO, joins the LF Edge Governing Board

Vapor IO, creators of the Kinetic Edge and the leading provider of tower-connected edge colocation and interconnection services, announced that The Linux Foundation has appointed Cole Crawford, founder and CEO of Vapor IO, as an LF Edge General Member … Continue reading Cole Crawford, founder and CEO of Vapor IO, joins the LF Edge Governing Board

The Linux Foundation and ETSI to bring open source and standards closer

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through sustainable open source, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ETSI, the independent organization providing global standards for ICT services across all sectors of in… Continue reading The Linux Foundation and ETSI to bring open source and standards closer

The Linux Foundation to Launch New Tooling Project to Improve Open Source Compliance

VMware and Endocode Contribute Tern and QMSTR Compliance Tools to New Project, Respectively YOKOHAMA, JAPAN – Open Compliance Summit – December 6, 2018 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, tod… Continue reading The Linux Foundation to Launch New Tooling Project to Improve Open Source Compliance