{"id":41152,"date":"2021-06-01T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/open-source-get-slas-to-protect-network-apps-with-open-source-components\/"},"modified":"2021-06-01T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:13:00","slug":"open-source-get-slas-to-protect-network-apps-with-open-source-components","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/open-source-get-slas-to-protect-network-apps-with-open-source-components\/","title":{"rendered":"Open-source: Get SLAs to protect network apps with open-source components"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The continuous influx of open-source software (OSS) into enterprise IT departments is, in many ways, an enormous boon to both vendors and users. For the former, the ability to use open source components means getting rid of a great deal of duplicative effort\u2014rather than having to design every part of, say, an IoT sensor and monitoring product from scratch, a vendor can adopt a well-understood, well-supported open source library for its networking stack, and focus more of its attention on the sensing and data analysis features that will set the product apart from its competitors.<\/p>\n

For end-users, one of the chief advantages is\u2014at least in theory\u2014the improved security that\u2019s part of the usual sales pitch for open source software. The idea here is that the open nature of a piece of software\u2014and the fact that anyone can look at it to discover and correct security flaws\u2014means that it\u2019s generally going to be more secure than a proprietary equivalent.<\/p>\n