[cybersecurity-wg] Welcome and Opening Topic

[Joshua L. Davis]

I'm Joshua L. Davis @ Georgia Tech Research Institute (
http://www.gtri.gatech.edu).  My organization is gearing up/expanding to
prepare itself for this space.  We are pseudo-academics - we do applied
research.  Always looking for partners in this space and plenty campus
resources available.  Ping me if you are interested in connecting (
joshua.davis at gtri.gatech.edu).

Additionally, along with John Scott, we founded the Military Open Source
Software (http://mil-oss.org) community.  Our next event will include this
topic.  Please submit any speaker requests that you might have.

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Roger Yee <rogeryee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Welcome to the Cybersecurity Working Group in support of Open Source for
> America.
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> I’ll be your working group chair for cybersecurity. A quick background on
> me: most recently I was a VP with BAE Systems responsible for global defense
> and security IT programs for US customers. A portion of this business area
> formed the basis of what is now the Cybersecurity business unit within BAE
> Systems. Additionally, I have successfully championed the use of open
> technology and standards within our cybersecurity products and associated
> programs.
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> With the increasing focus of cybersecurity by the government and industry,
> it has become even more important for those of us engaged in the open source
> community to help shape and voice the role of open source and cybersecurity.
> I am sure there are more than plenty of topics and issues for this group to
> put forth and openly discuss.
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> Opening topic:
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> Securing the software supply chain has received notable attention in recent
> months over concerns of software “timebombs”, backdoors and embedded
> malware. What challenges does the open source development model face in the
> context of secure code and cybersecurity? Should developers be subject to
> background checks (aka security clearances)? What role should industry play
> in securing the software supply chain?
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> I invite you to introduce yourself to the working group and join the
> conversation!
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> Roger
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