What's in the SOSS? An OpenSSF Podcast
What's in the SOSS? features the sharpest minds in security as they dig into the challenges and opportunities that create a recipe for success in making software more secure.
Get a taste of all the ingredients that make up secure open source software (SOSS) and explore the latest trends at the intersection of AI and security, vulnerability management, and threat assessments.
Each episode of What's in the SOSS? is packed with valuable insight designed to foster collaboration and promote stronger security practices for the open source software community.
About Christopher Robinson (aka CRob), host
CRob is a 43rd level Dungeon Master and a 26th level Securityologist. He is a leader within several Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) efforts and is a frequent speaker on cyber, application, and open source security. He enjoys hats, herding cats, and moonlit walks on the beach.
What's in the SOSS? An OpenSSF Podcast
A Man Called CRob: Introducing the Newest Co-host of What’s in the SOSS?
Christopher Robinson (aka CRob) is the Director of Security Communications at Intel Product Assurance and Security. He also serves as the Open SSF’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chair. And soon, CRob will step into another role: co-host of What’s in the SOSS? With 25 years of enterprise-class engineering, architectural, operational and leadership experience, Chris has worked at several Fortune 500 companies with experience in the financial, medical, legal, and manufacturing verticals. He also spent six years helping lead the Red Hat Product Security team as their Program Architect.
- 00:57 - CRob’s day-to-day activities and his affiliation with the OpenSSF
- 03:15 - The insight CRob will bring to the podcast as co-host
- 05:46 - What developers writing “post-bang” code should be considering
- 08:40 - Lessons open source could learn from corporate and vice versa
- 12:17 - CRob explores the evolution of open source
- 14:22 - Crob answers Omkhar’s rapid fire questions
- 15:57 - CRob’s advice to people entering the cybersecurity field
- 18:18 - CRob’s call to action for listeners: give back
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