Aeva Black - Making Open Source Secure by Design
A keynote presentation from Community Over Code North America 2024, in Denver - Aeva Black talks about steps we need to take to make open source more secure.
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Open source software is used across every critical infrastructure sector and throughout the United States government. With cybersecurity a topic of national concern, can we make open source more secure by design and by default? About the Speaker: Aeva Black is the Section Chief for Open Source Security at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and an open source hacker and international public speaker with 25 years of experience building digital infrastructure and leading open source projects at technology companies. They have previously served on the OpenSSF Technical Advisory Committee, OpenStack Technical Committee, Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee, and led open source security strategy within the Microsoft Azure Office of the CTO. In her spare time, Aeva serves on the Board of the Open Source Initiative and enjoys riding motorcycles and supporting her local LGBTQ+ community.