Katherine Druckman
Open Source Evangelist, Intel
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Katherine Druckman is an Open Source Evangelist at Intel, where she enjoys sharing her passion for a variety of open source topics. She currently combines her enthusiasm for software security and emerging AI technology as the OPEA Security Working Group Lead and Co-Chair of the OpenSSF Marketing Advisory Council and Developer Relations Community. She is a long-time open source advocate, developer, and podcaster, and is currently the host of Open at Intel and co-host of the FLOSS Weekly and Reality 2.0 podcasts. Previously, Katherine spent over a decade at Linux Journal.
Simplifying Generative AI App Development: Why Standards Matter
Demand for generative AI development is moving like a bullet train! Rapid innovation can move lightning-fast and produce exciting projects. Now is the time to embrace open development, refine best practices, and collaborate on standards for all to benefit.
This session will outline common pain points involved in building LLM-based generative AI applications, especially those using RAG techniques, and connect them to open solutions. We will share reference architectures to help shorten developers’ paths to releasing performant AI applications to meet the needs of stakeholders and users. Finally, we’ll share community efforts, such as the Linux Foundation’s Open Platform for Enterprise AI project, to advance this critical work.
Join us to explore ways to discover the untapped potential in generative AI development workflows.
Critical Conversation: Consuming Open Source Securely
With the number of available open source projects seeing exponential growth, including the number of single-maintainer projects, evaluating and safely consuming open source software has never been more critical or challenging. Join Katherine Druckman, Open Source Security Evangelist at Intel, in conversation with Ryan Ware, Director of Open Source Security at Intel, to unpack the basics of secure open source consumption.
Join us as we explore the fundamentals of evaluating open source projects against maintenance best practices and overall health, and cover the significance of CVEs and how they are addressed within open source projects. We will highlight the roles of project maturity and governance, documented expectations about code contributions, and clearly outlined bug-reporting processes, and how all these factors build confidence in the integrity of our software.
Finally, we’ll touch on the use of tooling to help harden the development process and initiatives from the broader open source security community, like the OpenSSF and its projects, that aim to make secure open source software consumption ubiquitous.
Connecting Supply Chain Security Projects to the Community - Exploring OpenSSF’s DevRel Mission
Under the hood of most software is a complex system of tooling, processes, and, ultimately, humans. Ensuring the system's integrity and hardening our software supply chain requires careful configuration at countless steps along the pipeline. Similarly, community efforts to develop standards, tools, and education also require contributions from a diverse group of technologists and communicators to keep projects, conversations, and outreach moving forward.
The new OpenSSF DevRel community was formed to advance the mission of the OpenSSF by evangelizing its projects. This panel of DevRel Community volunteers will share the many ways we leverage our varied experiences to fill the critical gap between code and communication. We will further outline the many values of non-code contributions in organizations like the OpenSSF and share tips for getting involved.
Building Developer Confidence in Software Security with the DevRel Community
Software is a complex system of tooling, processes, and, ultimately, humans. Ensuring the system's integrity and hardening our software supply chain requires careful configuration at countless steps along the pipeline. The OpenSSF is leading the open source security community to establish tools and best practices. Still, their discovery can be overwhelming and confusing to the developers and open source maintainers who stand to benefit. Join this panel of OpenSSF DevRel Community Volunteers to learn how to navigate the complex waters of the OpenSSF landscape as we work to connect projects and tools with the community. Walk away with a clearer understanding of developer relations and how to get involved.
Back to Security Basics: Evaluating, Consuming, and Contributing Open Source Software
We won! Open source software is everywhere... so now what? Shifting left starts at the beginning – ensuring the security of open source software requires careful evaluation, use, and contribution.
This talk will cover some important challenges in securely consuming open source software. Attendees will learn to evaluate projects based on active maintenance, patch cycles, and vulnerability management. We will explore the role of project documentation, code contribution expectations, and community involvement in project maturity and code quality, as well as tools and community guidance. Walk away with the beginnings of a practical framework and checklist that you can mold to your own needs.
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