Linux Foundation launches Akrites framework to coordinate open-source vulnerability response
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Anamarija Pogorelec
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The Linux Foundation has launched Akrites, a new industry initiative aimed at improving security vulnerability handling for critical open-source software projects. The initiative brings together technology companies, financial institutions, security vendors, AI companies, and open-source projects to establish a coordinated process for vulnerability remediation and disclosure. This comes as AI tools shorten the window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, increasing the urgency for better security frameworks in open-source software used across critical infrastructure and enterprise environments.
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Akrites aims to establish a common process for addressing security issues in software used across critical infrastructure and enterprise.
Open source software projects are getting a new framework for handling security vulnerabilities as AI shortens the time between flaw discovery and exploitation.
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