NYU Tandon Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Justin Cappos was recently elected as Security Community Individual Representative to the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). In this capacity, he serves as a member of the Governing Board of the organization, which seeks to “make it easier to sustainably secure the development, maintenance, and consumption of open source software (OSS) we all depend on.“

Cappos was elected to the position by contributors to the group’s technical initiatives. As a board member, he will have input into the overall management of the organization, including approving major decisions, managing the budget, and establishing advisory bodies or committees to support the OpenSSF’s mission.

Late last year, two projects with roots in Cappos’ Secure System Laboratory—gittuf and SBoMit—were adopted by the OpenSSF. The former, gittuf, protects against unauthorized edits and changes in versioned software, while the latter provides an improved SBOM format-independent method for enhancing attestations.