How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats
Quintessence
39th Chaos Communication Congress (39C3): Power Cycles · Day 4 · Saal Fuse
In this compelling talk, Quintessence (Q), the Executive Director of the Nively Foundation, dissects a critical and often overlooked dimension of open source security: the human element. The presentation, titled "How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats," argues that while traditional security focuses on code vulnerabilities, the increasing frequency of crisis events within open source communities stems from "human-sided vulnerabilities" and the weaponization of organizational weaknesses. As open source software has evolved from niche hobby projects into the foundational infrastructure of global society, the resilience of its human communities has become paramount.