best practices A Framework for Evaluating Software Composition Analysis Tools As enterprises shop for tools that deliver code SCA at scale, let's examine what we should keep in mind when defining the right risk mitigation solution.
FOSSA FOSSA Raises a $23.2M Series B As software eats the world, open source inventory has become critical for modern businesses to digest it. The business value driving software composition analysis is fueled by initiatives across legal, security, and engineering, with a first-line priority of enforcing policy and standards.
FOSSA Press Release: FOSSA Accelerates Growth, Hits Significant Milestones Today we announced that FOSSA closed a $23.2 million Series B funding round from Bain Capital, Canvas and Costanoa. We announced the launch of FOSSA Security Management and continued expansion into EMEA, validating leadership in the software composition analysis market.
product Introducing Open Source Security Management at Enterprise Scale Today, we are excited to announce the launch of FOSSA Security Management, empowering enterprises to proactively and continuously prevent vulnerabilities from shipping to production and mitigating risk throughout the entire software development lifecycle.
compliance How Open Source License Audits Became a Strategic Key to M&A Success In order to remove any friction from an M&A, both the target and acquiring companies must be prepared to do a thorough and speedy audit and deliver comprehensive reports and documentation on their open source license compliance.
compliance The Huge Risk that Most IPOs Miss Without an audit of and plan to address open source license and vulnerability issues, not only can the IPO preparation process get slowed down, but IPO value can be depressed, both in the short term and at virtually any point in the life of a public company.
Open Source Compliance Now's the Perfect Time to Evolve Legal and Engineering Collaboration According to Gartner’s 2019 Software Composition Analysis Report, up to 90% of your company’s software is built by third parties. Adoption of open source introduces meaningful licensing obligations. Are you ready?
policy TikTok, Trump, and the Future of Open Source Surveillance What could President Trump’s executive orders on TikTok mean for other software? And what about policy related to the perceived security of open source? Do you know where your OSS comes from? Should it matter?
Open Source Management Open Source Management: Fundamentals (2020) The increased dependence on open source software opens up a new responsibility--you have to keep track of all of the software you're using because open source software has licenses attached to them ... Open source is often free, but there are still responsibilities associated with its use.
compliance Why Source Code Scanning Tools are Essential to Open Source Compliance Any OS component could be subject to a myriad of OS licenses that you might be unable to identify without performing a source code audit and scan.
FOSSA Release Notes FOSSA January 2020 Product Release Notes FOSSA Release notes from January 2020. Introducing Release Groups, create an audit log of your software releases.
FOSSA Release Notes FOSSA December 2019 Product Release Notes FOSSA's December 2019 release notes includes updates to attribution reporting as well as user management enhancements.
Snippet Scanning Snippet Scanning: Is it Right for Your Team? There are several things to take into consideration so if you are evaluating whether or not snippet scanning is a requirement for your SCA solution. Here is an overview of some key questions to ask in your evaluation.
FOSSA Release Notes FOSSA November 2019 Product Release Notes FOSSA's November 2019 product release notes include new user management features, UI enhancements, and the introduction of JSON reports.
FOSSA FOSSA Named to CNBC's Upstart 100 We are excited to announce FOSSA has been named to CNBC's Upstart 100 List, CNBC's annual list of top startups to watch.
FOSSA FOSSA Acquires Dawn Labs At FOSSA, an intuition for developer-focused products is a critical part of not only our differentiation, but also our mission.
FOSSA Release Notes FOSSA September 2019 Product Release Notes FOSSA's September releases includes app performance and stability improvements, new reporting formats, updated jira integration, and updates to the FOSSA CLI.
Funding Announcement FOSSA Raises $8.5M for Enterprise Open Source Management I'm excited to announce that FOSSA has raised an $8.5M Series A from Bain Capital Ventures, Costanoa Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. This brings our total funding to $11M and funds the growth of our incredible team, product and customer base.
DevOps DevOps and Open Source + CI/CD = Mitigating Risk Without Sacrificing Speed FOSSA is on the road in Europe, partnering with Cloudbees for three dates in London, Frankfurt and Stockholm in the autumn of 2019.
FOSSA Release Notes FOSSA August 2019 Product Release Notes Learn more about FOSSA's August product updates. We've added new languages, updated issue management, and added new reporting functionality.
CircleCI We’re excited to partner with CircleCI to release our CircleCI orb! FOSSA partners with CircleCI to seamlessly integrate open source compliance and vulnerability management into your CI/CD pipeline.
FOSSA Release Notes FOSSA July 2019 Product Release Notes FOSSA July 2019 release notes: Focusing on improving our CLI and reports, as well as adding support for Rust.
Open Source Compliance A Partnership Between Legal Teams and Software Engineers is More Important Than Ever With new legislation and new technologies, a partnership between legal teams and software engineers is more important than ever. Learn more about the responsibilities these two teams share.
Inside FOSSA FOSSA Marketing Intern Reflection The culture at FOSSA is one that embodies learning and willingness to help one another out. I still remember how nervous I was on my first day and how quickly that changed by the time I left that same day.
