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Software supply chain security: How to audit a security bill of material (SBOM)

A security bill of material (SBOM) is an inventory of the entire building components of a software application. These components include open source libraries, dependencies, commercial components, licenses, patch status, version information, upgrades available, CVEs, etc. Having an SBOM of a codebase or piece of software provides deep visibility into core components that help quickly identify and mitigate the security and licensing risks associated with the software supply chain.

Playbooks: A new superpower for designers

From one designer to another, you should know why Playbooks is a fantastic addition to your design tool belt. Playbooks were designed with technical workflows in mind, from incident response to release management, but its flexibility makes it a perfect fit for any repeated process. I love it for creating reusable templates of design checklists and an excellent way to do design review sign-off.

5 open source projects to contribute to in 2023 | Open Source Matters

Welcome to Open Source Matters, where we cover the latest developments in open source technology. In this special edition, we’re covering 5 open source projects you should consider contributing to in 2023. I’m your host, Ben Lloyd Pearson — now, in no particular order, let’s dive in!

How to create a full CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins

One of the game changers in modern software development is Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD). Both large, established organizations and small, growing companies use CI/CD to deliver software faster and to detect bugs in the software lifecycle. In this tutorial, I’ll create a full pipeline to practice CI/CD using Jenkins, including how to set up Jenkins on Docker. I’ll give an in-depth view of a Jenkins pipeline example using Jenkinsfile.

The quickest way to integrate Mattermost into your GitLab release pipeline

Organizing a software release is a cross-team effort and a large undertaking. Leveraging the power of Mattermost Playbooks can help your team stay on deadline and keep confusion at bay. In this post, we’ll learn how to quickly integrate Mattermost into your GitLab release pipeline to help streamline your release processes. At the end of the blog post, there’s a link to a release management demo that you can try out in the browser to see these ideas in action.

Integration testing with GitLab CI and Docker

GitLab is a complete DevOps platform that enables enterprises and organizations to deliver software to markets smoothly while ensuring high product quality. Software engineering practices use many testing techniques, from unit tests to integration tests. This article helps you understand software testing with unit and integration tests. It highlights the fundamental differences between unit and integration tests and demonstrates how to write integration tests for your applications.

3 ways IT can secure open source software

Critics of open source software have long argued that giving everyone access to a project’s source code creates security issues. But in active projects with highly engaged communities, the opposite is actually true: Open source software helps organizations become more secure. That said, any piece of technology can be exploited.