Open Source Software Has Its Perks, But Supply Chain Risks Can't Be Ignored
The Register, February 21st, 2023
While app development is faster and easier, security is still a concern
Open source components play an increasingly central role in the software development scene, proving to be a boon in a time of continuous integration and deployment, DevOps, and daily software updates.
In a report last year, silicon design automation outfit Synopsys found that 97 percent of codebases in 2021 contained open source, and that in four of 17 industries studied - computer hardware and chips, cybersecurity, energy and clean tech, and the Internet of Things (IoT) - open source software (OSS) was in 100 percent of audited codebases. The other verticals had open source in at least 93 percent of theirs.