The Linux Foundation Member Summit 2023

For over a hundred years, traditional standards organizations have made modern life better through the establishment of guidelines that are all around us, the four main standard categories being product, service, process and management. Over the last two decades, open source software has emerged from an initial focus on operating system to virtually every part of the software stack, and established de-facto 'standards' which have reshaped the IT ecosystem. Today, concerns about the security of the modern software supply chain add new complexity to this complex equation. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) strives to codify into law best cybersecurity practices for connected products sold in the European Union. Please join this session for an up-to-the-minute look at how both the open source community and standards organizations are working to guide policymakers as they look to improve cybersecurity regulation.