Security is a process, not a product. We're going to be cleaning up Apache Log4j security problems for months to come, but the real problem isn't that it was open-source software. It's how we track and use open-source code. . When security vulnerabilities were found in the extremely popular open-source Apache Log4j logging library , we knew we were in trouble. What we didn't know was just how much trouble we were in. We know now. Just ask the Belgian defence ministry . In this ongoing security disaster, many people blame open source for all our troubles. In the Financial Times (FT), Richard Waters, the newspaper's west coast editor, wrung his hands, saying it's a "little alarming to discover that, more than two decades into the open-source era, glaring security holes sometimes surprise even the experts ." . Investigating the persistent security issues surrounding open-source software and the exploitation of Apache Log4j vulnerabilities.. Open Source Security, Apache Log4j, Security Processes, Vulnerability Management. . Brittany Day
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