Datadog, Inc., the monitoring and security platform for cloud
applications, has become a premier member of the Open Source
Security Foundation (OpenSSF), reinforcing its dedication to
enhancing the security of the open source software supply chain.
OpenSSF, hosted by the Linux Foundation, is a cross-industry
organization aimed at inspiring and enabling the community to
secure the open source software that underpins much of the
technology we rely on, focusing on areas such as development,
testing, fundraising, infrastructure, and support initiatives.
Datadog joins the OpenSSF Governing Board, taking on the
responsibility of helping steer and shape the organization's
strategic direction. Omkhar Arasaratnam, general manager of
OpenSSF, remarked, “As Datadog joins OpenSSF as a premier member,
we celebrate their expertise and commitment to the open source
community. Their commitment directly aligns with OpenSSF’s mission
to bolster open source software security. By collaborating with
Datadog, we look forward to advancing initiatives that fortify
software integrity and foster industry-wide collaboration.”
Datadog empowers organizations globally with unified, real-time
observability and security solutions. Its platform integrates
infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log
management, real-user monitoring, and other critical capabilities,
facilitating digital transformation and cloud migration while
fostering collaboration among development, operations, security,
and business teams. This approach accelerates application
deployment, strengthens security measures, optimizes performance
monitoring, and provides actionable insights into user behavior and
business metrics.
“Joining OpenSSF underscores our commitment to security and
sustainable software development. We look forward to collaborating
with industry leaders to enhance the security of open source
software,” said Emilio Escobar, CISO at Datadog.
"At Datadog, we firmly believe in the power of community and
open source. Joining OpenSSF underscores our commitment to
advancing secure software for everyone. We're eager to collaborate
on creating a future where open source software, which has become
critical to modern development, is universally trusted, secure, and
reliable. We're also pleased to announce that our CISO, Emilio
Escobar, will be joining the OpenSSF board," said Jeremy Garcia, VP
of technical community and open source at Datadog.
Datadog joins other OpenSSF premier members including Amazon Web
Services, Apple, Capital One, Cisco, Citi, Dell Technologies,
Ericsson, GitHub, Google, Huawei, Intel, IBM, JPMorgan Chase &
Co., Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Red Hat, and Sonatype.
For more information about how to join the OpenSSF, visit the
website.
About Datadog
Datadog is the observability and
security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform
integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application
performance monitoring, log management, user experience monitoring,
cloud security and many other capabilities to provide unified,
real-time observability and security for our customers’ entire
technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and
across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation
and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development,
operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market
for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure
applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track
key business metrics.
About OpenSSF
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is a
cross-industry organization hosted by the Linux Foundation that
brings together the industry’s most important open source security
initiatives and the individuals and companies that support them.
The OpenSSF is committed to collaboration and working both upstream
and with existing communities to advance open source security for
all. For example, our Secure Open Source Software (SOSS) Fusion
Conference brings together professionals from various sectors to
discuss and address open source software security. The conference
features keynotes, workshops, and panel discussions on the latest
security technologies and emerging cyber threats. For more
information, please visit us at: openssf.org.
About the Linux Foundation
Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation and its projects are
supported by more than 2,950 members. The Linux Foundation is the
world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software,
hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are
critical to the world’s infrastructure including Linux, Kubernetes,
Node.js, ONAP, Hyperledger, RISC-V, and more. The Linux
Foundation’s methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and
addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers
to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more
information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
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