Open source maintainers want to be secure, but 70% lack skills
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SnykOpen source maintainers want to be secure, but 70% lack skillssnyk.ioMaintainers stated their security knowledge is improving but not high enough, averaging 6.6/10, and 1 in 4 open source maintainers do not audit their code bases.
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