Fulton, Md., Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sonatype, the pioneer of software program provide chain administration, in partnership with The Cloud Native Computing Basis® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software program, has introduced an inaugural digital Safety Slam occasion to assist enhance their tasks’ safety posture, whereas elevating $50,000 for its Variety Scholarship Fund donated by Google.
Safety Slam is a digital occasion geared toward enhancing the safety posture of all CNCF open supply tasks. This new occasion will use CNCF’s automated CLOMonitor that measures mission safety, enabling maintainers and contributors to work collectively and enhance taking part mission’s total safety. Each CNCF mission that reaches 100% Safety standing will win prizes for its prime taking part maintainers and contributors, together with free Linux Basis programs, present playing cards to the CNCF on-line retailer, and extra.
“From our ongoing stewardship of Maven Central to the creation of our free developer options like OSS Index, Sonatype has an extended historical past of supporting the open supply neighborhood,” says Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of Sonatype. “We’re ecstatic to accomplice with CNCF and Google on this occasion to enhance CNCF tasks’ safety, whereas elevating funds that may assist develop our neighborhood to incorporate extra people from traditionally underrepresented teams.”
Moreover, the highest total contributor will win free airfare and lodge to the subsequent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, courtsey of Open Supply Journey Fund by Neighborhood Classroom. Plus, for each mission that achieves 100% Safety, Google will donate $2,500 to CNCF’s Variety Scholarship Fund, which helps underrepresented people grow to be precious members of the CNCF neighborhood. The occasion will culminate at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022 North America in Detroit, the place winners shall be introduced October 24-26, 2022.
“We’re thrilled to be placing on this occasion that may assist our tasks grow to be much more safe, whereas garnering the biggest donation we’ve ever obtained for the CNCF Variety Scholarship Fund and giving prizes to our valued contributors and maintainers,” stated Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of the Cloud Native Computing Basis.
To study extra concerning the Safety Slam, go to neighborhood.cncf.io/cloud-native-security-slam/.
Open supply maintainers can signal their mission up for participation right here, and open supply contributors can signal as much as take part right here.
About Sonatype
Sonatype is the software program provide chain administration firm. We empower builders and safety professionals with clever instruments to innovate extra securely at scale. Our platform addresses each component of a company’s whole software program growth life cycle, together with third-party open supply code, first-party supply code and containerized code. Sonatype identifies important safety vulnerabilities and code high quality points and experiences outcomes on to builders once they can most successfully repair them. This helps organizations develop persistently high-quality, safe software program which totally meets their enterprise wants and people of their end-customers and companions. Greater than 2,000 organizations, together with 70% of the Fortune 100, and 15 million software program builders already depend on our instruments and steering to assist them ship and preserve distinctive and safe software program.
