EDACafe Industry Predictions for 2023 – Perforce

By Javier Perez, Chief Open Source Evangelist, Perforce

Javier Perez

Every time a newly disclosed critical open source vulnerability or supply chain attack hits the headlines, teams sound the alarms for greater security. But vulnerabilities have and always will occur because software and those who develop it aren’t perfect. One year after the zero-day Log4j vulnerability and exploits, we’ve seen the industry rally behind awareness and educating organizations on open source security and advocating for checks and balances for secure software development life cycles. Alongside this push within the private sector, we can expect more government-led initiatives to launch in the new year, like the guidance from the U.S. White House’s Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity executive order and the Open Source Software Security Mobilization 10-point plan which are driving awareness and responsibilities for all U.S. government agencies. At the same time, the 10-stream mobilization plan is going to start delivering results on the improvement of open source security. In 2023, it will remain critical for organizations to improve their open source security best practices, while being transparent and actively disclose vulnerabilities—something that we should view as positive.

About Author: Javier Perez currently serves as the Chief Open Source Evangelist and Sr. Director of Product Management at Perforce Software. He is responsible for technical thought leadership and advocacy for open-source software while driving the OpenLogic by Perforce offering. Prior to Perforce, Javier led the open-source program strategy for the IBM Z & LinuxONE platforms at IBM. Javier has been in the application development, open-source, cloud, app security, AI, SaaS, and mobile industries for 25+ years.

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