Why Microsoft Wants to Improve Open Source Security [VIDEO]

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Sean Michael Kerner
Aug 21, 2015

At a press event during this week’s Linuxcon North America event in Seattle, Mark Cartwright, group program manager at Microsoft, explained why his company is backing CII and how the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) approach to building software could benefit open source.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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