What's in the SOSS? An OpenSSF Podcast

In this episode, Omkhar chats with Mike Hanley, Chief Security Officer and SVP of Engineering at GitHub. Prior to GitHub, Mike was the Vice President of Security at Duo Security, where he built and led the security research, development, and operations functions.  After Duo’s acquisition by Cisco for $2.35 billion in 2018, Mike led the transformation of Cisco’s cloud security framework and later s...

In this episode, Omkhar Arasaratnam visits with Aeva Black, who currently serves as the Section Chief for Open Source Security at CISA, and is an open source hacker and international public speaker with 25 years of experience building open source software projects at large technology companies.  She previously led open source security strategy within the Microsoft Azure Office of the CTO, and serv...

Episode description: Andrew Pollock is a Senior Software Engineer at Google, currently working on https://osv.dev. With a background as an Enterprise Security Engineer, he has extensive experience in large-scale Linux Systems Administration and GCP Security. Andrew is passionate about the human factors in security, focusing on scalable solutions, great user experiences and self-service opportuniti...

Bec Rumbul is the Executive Director and CEO of the Rust Foundation, a global non-profit that stewards the Rust language, supports maintainers, and ensures that Rust is safe, secure, and sustainable for the future. She holds a PhD in Politics and Governance and has worked as a consultant and researcher with governments, parliaments and development agencies all over the world, advocating for openne...

Brian Fox is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Sonatype, bringing over 28 years of hands-on experience driving software development for organizations of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises.  A recognized figure in the Apache Maven ecosystem and a longstanding member of the Apache Software Foundation, Brian has played a crucial role in creating popular plugins like the maven-depe...

Arun Gupta is vice president and general manager of Open Ecosystem Initiatives at Intel Corporation and the OpenSSF Governing Board Chair. Arun has been an open source strategist, advocate, and practitioner for nearly two decades. He has taken companies such as Apple, Amazon, and Sun Microsystems through systemic changes to embrace open source principles, contribute, and collaborate effectively. O...

The world of software bill of materials (SBOMs) is both complex and fascinating. And few people know the SBOM community better than Adolfo García Veytia — aka Puerco — Staff Software Engineer at Stacklok. Puerco is also a Technical Lead with Kubernetes SIG Release specializing in supply chain improvements to the software that drives the automation behind the release process.  Puerco is one of the...

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 Fortu...

Matt Knight is Head of Security at OpenAI, where he builds IT, privacy and security programs. His teams also collaborate on security research with teams across OpenAI and with the broader security research community. Their goal is to explore the frontier of AI, understand its impacts and maximize its benefits, especially in the cybersecurity domain.  00:40 - Matt’s duties at OpenAI 01:52 - Matt’s...

In this episode, Omkhar talks to Eric Brewer, professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and vice president of infrastructure at Google. He’s also on the Governing Board of the OpenSSF. His research interests include operating systems and distributed computing. He is known for formulating the CAP theorem about distributed network applications in the late 1990s...

In this episode, Omkhar talks to Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure. Mark oversees the technical strategy and architecture of Microsoft’s cloud computing platform. Mark is also on the Governing Board of the OpenSSF. He’s a widely recognized expert in distributed systems, operating system internals, and cybersecurity. Mark’s also the author of the Jeff Aiken cyberthriller novels Zero Day, Tro...

In this episode, Omkhar talks to Christoph Kern, Principal Software Engineer in Google’s Information Security Engineering organization. Christoph helps to keep Google’s products secure and users safe. His main focus is on developing scalable, principled approaches to software security. 00:42 - Christoph offers a rundown of his duties at Google 01:38 - Google’s general approach to security 03:02 -...

Omkhar talks to Vincent Danen, Vice President of Product Security at Red Hat, which is responsible for security and compliance activities for all Red Hat products and services. He’s also on the Governing Board of the OpenSSF. Vincent has been involved with open source and software security for over 20 years, leading security teams and participating in open source communities and development. Links...

Omkhar Arasaratnam is the General Manager of the Open Source Security Foundation ( OpenSSF ) and a veteran cybersecurity and technical risk management executive. Before joining the OpenSSF, he led security organizations at financial and technology institutions, such as Google, JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, TD Bank Group, and IBM. As a seasoned technology leader, Omkhar has revoluti...