Original Post: You’re Using More Open-Source Than You Realise | by Edwin Kwan | Jul, 2024
The article discusses the widespread and often underestimated use of open-source components in modern software development, highlighting that open-source can constitute up to 98% of an application’s codebase. The author notes that this reliance on open-source software is increasing, with the number of download requests reaching over 4 trillion last year. However, a significant portion of these requests, around 500 billion, involved components with known vulnerabilities, such as the widely publicized Log4j vulnerability. The piece emphasizes the importance of organizations being aware of their open-source usage, especially transitive dependencies, and suggests implementing a software bill of materials to manage and mitigate security risks effectively.
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