In 2023, an alarming 96% of vulnerabilities found in open source downloads were actually avoidable. Shockingly, poor consumption practices led to a staggering 2.1 billion OSS downloads, introducing security risks despite the availability of safer and updated versions.
Sonatype CTO, Brian Fox and Guest Speaker, Forrester Senior Analyst, Janet Worthington, join forces to shed light on; crucial data and insights for industry leaders, the significance of SCA testing, and the proactive measures teams take to brace themselves against future cyberattacks. They will delve into the implications of the ever-growing software supply chain regulations and the need for better OSS consumption practices.
Speakers
Janet Worthington
Senior Analyst
Janet Worthington
Senior Analyst
Janet is a senior analyst at Forrester advising security and risk professionals. She covers product security, proactive security design, securing new development methods, security testing in the software delivery lifecycle, and collaboration between security, development, and product management.
Previous Work Experience:
Janet has over 25 years of experience in software product development and services. Prior to joining Forrester, Janet was a senior product manager at Robin, helping companies manage hybrid work and creating opportunities for teams to collaborate, engage, and innovate from anywhere.
Previously she spent seven years at Veracode, providing innovative solutions to help development teams incorporate security into the application development lifecycle. As a security program manager, she helped Fortune 100 companies roll out application security programs across their organization. Janet has led software quality assurance, release engineering, and project teams at a number of startup technology companies.
Brian Fox
CTO
Brian Fox
CTO
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