What's in the SOSS? An OpenSSF Podcast Google’s Andrew Pollock and Addressing Open Source Vulnerabilities
Aug 13, 2024
12:16
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 opportunities. He has primarily worked in Linux/Unix environments as a Site Reliability Engineer or Security Engineer, with a strong interest in process improvement and automation.
- 00:52 - Andrew shares his background as a “mid-90s data nerd”
- 02:31 - Managing vulnerabilities in the open source ecosystem
- 03:57 - How to navigate inconsistent metadata
- 06:26 - The challenge of source attribution
- 07:54 - The rapid-fire round
- 09:15 - Andrew’s advice to open source developers
- 10:22 - Andrew’s call to action to developers
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