May 23, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

WhiteSource Partners With GitHub to Help Developers Code More Securely

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteSource, the leader in open source security and license compliance management, announced today a partnership with GitHub, the leading software development platform, to help developers more easily detect open source vulnerabilities in their GitHub repositories.

GitHub launched security alerts in late 2017 to notify developers about vulnerable dependencies in their public and private repositories and identify relevant fixes for JavaScript, Ruby, Java, .NET, and Python.

GitHub is now expanding the offering by partnering with WhiteSource to help broaden the coverage of potential security vulnerabilities in open source projects. WhiteSource's vulnerability data aggregates information from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), security advisories and open source projects' issue trackers.

"We are thrilled to announce this partnership with GitHub, making it easier than ever for developers to detect open source components with known vulnerabilities in their products," says WhiteSource's CEO Rami Sass. "Together we will continue to empower developers to harness the power of open source without compromising on security or agility by simplifying the process of finding and fixing open source vulnerabilities."

"Over the past year alone, we've sent nearly 27 million security vulnerability alerts to our users," said Shanku Niyogi, GitHub's Senior Vice President of Product. "Through our data partnership with WhiteSource, we'll be able to further enhance our security vulnerability alerts, providing our customers with the continued security features they need to build secure software."

About WhiteSource
WhiteSource is the leader in continuous open source security and license compliance management. Its vision is to empower businesses to develop better software by harnessing the power of open source. Industry leaders like Microsoft, IBM, and hundreds more trust WhiteSource to secure and manage the open source components in their software. For more information, please visit www.whitesourcesoftware.com

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