Thinking About Source Code Security in New Ways - Yongjae Chung & Justin Cappos, New York University

Presenters Yongjae Chung Justin Cappos Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 🛡️ Beyond the Green Checkmark: Securing Source Code with git-tough Source code serves as the foundation of our digital world, yet it remains an ideal target for attackers. We often trust the platforms where we host our code, but what happens when that trust is misplaced? At a recent tech talk, Justin Cappos (creator of TUF and in-toto) and Yongjae Chung (Master’s student and contributor) introduced git-tough, an incubating project under the OpenSSF designed to bring industrial-grade security directly into your Git workflow. ...

March 24, 2026 · 5 min

Lightning Talk: Moving Academia Toward Practice Through Accreditation - Justin Cappos

Presenters Justin Cappos Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Bridging the Gap: How the Linux Foundation is Future-Proofing Tech Education 🚀 Ever feel like the tech world is moving at warp speed, leaving academia a few steps behind? You’re not alone! Many brilliant minds graduating from universities find themselves facing a curriculum that doesn’t quite align with the cutting-edge skills employers are desperately seeking. This disconnect can be frustrating for students, universities, and the industry alike. But what if there was a way to bridge this gap? ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min