In GitHub's new 'Security Lab', fourteen companies unite get together to search, find, and fix security flaws in GitHub-hosted open source projects. Learn more in an interesting ZDNet article: . Today, at the GitHub Universe developer conference, GitHub announced the launch of a new community program called Security Lab that brings together security researchers from different organizations to hunt and help fix bugs in popular open source projects. "GitHub Security Lab's mission is to inspire and enable the global security research community to secure the world's code," the company said in a press release. "Our team will lead by example, dedicating full-time resources to finding and reporting vulnerabilities in critical open source projects," it said. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . GitHub's Safety Initiative, unveiled during the GitHub Universe conference, assists teams in spotting and remedying vulnerabilities in open-source software.. GitHub Security Lab, Open Source Vulnerabilities, Security Research Program, Bug Fixing Initiatives. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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