Application Security , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development
Open Source Components: Managing the Risks
Maria Loughlin of Veracode on Mitigation StrategiesOpen source components help developers build and deploy applications faster, but with increased speed comes greater risk. Maria Loughlin of Veracode describes how to reduce those risks through several steps, including component inventories and developer education.
See Also: The Ever-Increasing Pressure to Develop Secure Code
In a video interview at Information Security Media Group's recent Breach Prevention Summit in Washington, Loughlin discusses:
- How open source and third party components are changing the threat landscape;
- Strategies for mitigating open source component risk;
- Getting developers to keep code libraries current.
Loughlin is vice president of engineering at Veracode, where she is leads development of the application security product suite. She has two decades of experience leading software teams.