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The episode discusses the challenges of End-of-Life software in the open source ecosystem with insights from Isaac Wuest of HeroDevs.

In this episode of What’s in the SOSS, host CRob sits down with Isaac Wuest, Product Line Leader at HeroDevs, to explore the critical and often overlooked "gray area" of the software supply chain: End-of-Life (EOL) software. While the industry heavily relies on CVEs to track vulnerabilities, Isaac explains how maintainer abandonment creates a vacuum where risks are present but remain undiscovered and unreported. From the origins of HeroDevs supporting AngularJS to the nuances of the EU Cyber ...

People in this episode

Host: CRob

Guest: Isaac Wuest

Topics covered

• Open Source
• End-of-Life Software
• Software Supply Chain
• Vulnerabilities
• Maintainer Abandonment

Keywords

• End-of-Life
• software supply chain
• vulnerabilities
• maintainer abandonment
• open source

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HeroDevs, AngularJS, EU Cyber

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