Open Source Software Can Benefit You
Modern enterprise applications are typically 76% based on open source software (https://www.synopsys.com/software-integrity/resources/analyst-reports/open-source-security-risk-analysis.html). This chapter discusses strategies to ensure that these dependencies don’t become your Achilles heel. Several recent well-publicized events have shown how companies that do not actively and continuously embrace open source principles can cause issues for those who depend on the software they maintain. In this chapter, we will discuss how mature open source software projects with open governance can attract more resources to your product development efforts and act as a force multiplier.
In this chapter, we will cover the following main topics:
- Open source and edge computing – the benefits and trade-offs
- SBOMs are your friend – securing the software supply chain with a Software Bill of Materials
- What makes you so special...