The Open-Source Software Prevalence Initiative, announced at DEF CON, will examine how open source software is used in critical infrastructure.

The Open-Source Software Prevalence Initiative, announced at DEF CON, will examine how open source software is used in critical infrastructure.

National Cyber Director Harry Coker announced the initiative at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas. Funding for the project, which seeks to learn how open source software is used in critical infrastructure and with the ultimate goal of strengthening national cybersecurity, comes from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

  • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
    261·
    3 months ago

    I bet we could switch the entire U.S. Government to Linux for less than 20 billion

    • hoanbridgetroll@midwest.socialEnglish
      212·
      3 months ago

      Go ahead and explain open source to Sen. Bloodfeast. His response will most certainly contain the word “communism”.