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Alpha-Omega – Open Source Security Foundation Download the Free eBook: Built to Last: Understanding the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Alpha-Omega 2024 Annual Report This post originally appeared on Alpha-Omega and has been revised for the OpenSSF. We’re pleased to share our 2024 annual report.
In it we try to convey the great progress in securing open source and our joy in seeing the increased security across so many open source ecosystems. Open source software isn’t just another piece of technology—it’s the digital bedrock that supports everything from major government operations to the smartphone apps we use every day.
Its strength lies in the global network of passionate, too-often-unpaid volunteers who pour their time and expertise into writing and maintaining open source projects. Yet, as we rely on these individuals to secure vital infrastructure, we must acknowledge the immense responsibility they carry and ensure we’re not merely shifting more unpaid work onto their shoulders.
By investing in resources, offering support, and creating pathways for sustainable contribution, we can protect and strengthen open source software without placing undue burdens on the very people who make it possible. To everyone who created, maintained, or contributed to an open source project in 2024, thank you. In 2024, Alpha-Omega issued nearly $6 million in grants to improve security in key open source projects .
Notably we: Helped staff security teams at 10 of the most important open source organizations, such as the Python Software Foundation, OpenJS, and RubyGems. Provided grants to harden critical infrastructure, such as the Linux kernel, and Homebrew. Paid for security audits of foundational technologies.
Experimented with scaled approaches to finding and fixing vulnerabilities and supported Rust implementations of TLS and the AV1 codec. Hosted four roundtable discussions with grant recipients to cross-pollinate expertise and to shape strategies for 2025. Alpha-Omega is funded by generous and significant donations from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Microsoft.
These grants made it possible to address longstanding security challenges, improve processes, and harden infrastructure within many of the world’s most important open source projects and ecosystems. More importantly, we’ve been able to establish a sustainable culture of security within the communities we work with.
The combination of Alpha-Omega’s grants and the energy, leadership, and commitment of the recipients is a formula that worked and we will continue applying it in 2025. Alpha-Omega 2023 Annual Report In 2023, Alpha-Omega provided ten grants to eight organizations totaling over $2. 8 million dollars, with an average grant size of just over $350,000.
In partnership with OpenSSF, Alpha-Omega's mission is… Finding And Fixing Bugs in Open Source Software at Scale with a Grant from Alpha-Omega Alpha-Omega , Blog , Guest Blog OpenRefactory is working alongside Alpha-Omega's principals to report security vulnerabilities at scale in open source projects. It works with the maintainers to get the vulnerabilities fixed.
Alpha-Omega to Continue Support of Rust Foundation Security Initiative in 2024 Today, Alpha-Omega is excited to announce our second year of supporting the Rust Foundation Security Initiative.
We believe that this funding will build on the good work and momentum established… Alpha-Omega Grant To Help Homebrew Reach SLSA Build Level 2 Alpha-Omega is pleased to announce a grant to the Homebrew project to enable Sigstore attestations and verification of Homebrew packages.
When complete the project will allow organizations to securely verify… PSF Welcomes New Security Developer in Residence with Support from Alpha-Omega Through funding by the OpenSSF’s Alpha-Omega Project, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) has hired a new security developer in residence as part of a year-long security enhancement initiative.
PSF announced… Alpha-Omega Project First Year In Review, Plus New Funding Pledge Alpha-Omega is an OpenSSF project, established in February 2022, with a mission to protect society by improving the security of open source software through direct maintainer engagement and expert analysis,… OpenSSF Project Alpha-Omega Invests in the OpenJS Foundation and jQuery to Help Secure the Consumer Web Today, we’re excited to share that the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Project Alpha-Omega is committing $350,000 to reduce potential security incidents for jQuery by helping modernize its consumers and… Alpha-Omega Project Announces Over $1.
5M in Grants to Critical Open Source Projects and New Omega Analysis Toolchain As part of the OpenSSF’s continued investment in critical open-source projects, we are happy to announce new partnerships and tooling from the Alpha-Omega Project. Alpha-Omega will sponsor critical security work… OpenSSF Funds Python and Eclipse Foundations and Acquires SOS.
dev through Alpha-Omega Project As part of the OpenSSF’s continued investment in critical open-source projects, we are pleased to announce that the OpenSSF’s Alpha-Omega Project has committed to $800,000 in funding split equally among… We envision a future where OSS is universally trusted, secure, and reliable. Join us in making open source more secure.
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The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Community Days is a Linux Foundation initiative hosting community events for software developers, security engineers, and open source contributors focused on securing open source software. The next event takes place in Minnesota on May 21, 2026. OpenSSF supports the broader community through technical initiatives, free secure coding courses, security guides, certificate programs, and tools like Sigstore for software signing and verification. The foundation coordinates multi-discipline approaches to international cybersecurity regulation, software supply chain security, and using AI to improve security outcomes across the open source ecosystem.
OpenSSF Technical Initiative Funding is sponsored by Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). The OpenSSF supports its technical initiative communities by providing funding in areas of need. This can include audits, technical writers, and interns, to strengthen open source security. Confidential computing projects that are open source could align with this.
POSE became PESOSE — Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems — and the added word is not cosmetic. NSF 26-506 brings a third track funding vulnerability remediation in existing ecosystems, keeps the $300,000 planning and $1.5 million build tracks, anticipates 40 to 60 awards against $40 million, and closes September 1, 2026. The I-Corps requirement and the PI eligibility rule are where most applicants will trip.
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