Alpha-Omega’s Michael Winser and Catalyzing Sustainable Improvements in Open Source Security

In this episode, CRob talks to Michael Winser, Technical Strategist for Alpha-Omega, an associated project of the OpenSSF that with open source software project maintainers to systematically find new, as-yet-undiscovered vulnerabilities in open source code – and get them fixed – to improve global software supply chain security. 

• 01:00 - Michael shares his origin story into open source 
• 02:09 - How Alpha-Omega came to be
• 03:48 Alpha-Omega’s mission is catalyzing sustainable security improvements
• 05:16 - The four types of investments Alpha-Omega makes to catalyze change
• 11:33 - Michael expands on his “clean the beach” approach to impacting open source security
• 16:41 - The 3F framework helps manage upstream dependencies effectively
• 21:13 - Michael answers CRob’s rapid-fire questions
• 23:06 - Michael’s advice to aspiring development and cybersecurity professionals
• 24:44 - Michael’s call to action for listeners

Links

• Michael Winser on LinkedIn
• Alpha-Omega homepage
• OpenSSF on LinkedIn
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• Get involved with the OpenSSF community