Open Source Technology Improvement Fund
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is a corporate non-profit dedicated to securing open source apps that we all depend on. Securing software isn’t easy, and we know what it takes to succeed. By facilitating security audits and reviews, OSTIF makes it easy for projects to significantly improve security.
Better Security Through A Massive Community
Through the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund, projects have been able to find and fix critical security bugs.
62+
partner projects
1000+
world class security experts
5000+
hours of security review
100+
severe bugs patched
billions
protected
Support the OSTIF Mission
Open-source projects keep today’s Internet infrastructure afloat. They are critical for the operation of every webserver, every browser, and every banking platform. And they are cared for by a surprisingly small group of people with a limited amount of time. Without dedicated security experts, these projects often don’t get the attention they require.
We can do it with help from supporters like you.
Reasons Why Most Audits are Still Waiting “Audits cost too much” We’ve seen what happens in the open source ecosystem when audits are deferred – those vulnerabilities assumed to not exist are discovered, and the aftermath is… Read more »
CycloneDDS Audit Complete! OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of CycloneDDS. CycloneDDS is an open source implementation of the Object Management Group-Data Distribution Service (OMG-DDS) under the Eclipse… Read more »
Why OSTIF? Why OSTIF? There’s a lot of misconceptions that cause stagnation when it comes to procuring and participating in security audits. How does one even begin to get an audit, much… Read more »