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Only about half of firms have an open source software security policy in place to guide developers in the use of components and frameworks, but those that do exhibit better security.

 

Companies that have an open source software (OSS) security policy in place tend to perform much better in self-assessed measures of readiness. They also tend to have dedicated teams in charge of driving software security, according to a survey published on June 21.

The survey — published by software-security firm Snyk and the Linux Foundation on Tuesday — found that seven out of 10 companies that have an OSS security policy in place consider their application development to be highly or somewhat secure. Comparatively, just 45% of companies that failed to institute such a policy consider themselves at least somewhat secure.