Understanding the XZ Security Breach and Open Source Security

A group of experts, each with a unique perspective, will gather to discuss the recent XZ security breach followed by a light reception. This open source security discussion is co-sponsored by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) and the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public. We hope you will be able to join this important discussion either in person or virtually!

Featuring:

• Panelist: K. Jarrod Millman, Senior Open Source Scientific Python Developer, Berkeley Institute for Data Science
• Panelist: Nick Merrill, Director, Daylight Lab, UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
• Panelist: Juanita Gomez, Computer Science PhD student, Community leader for the Scientific Python project, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Moderator: Fernando Pérez, BIDS Faculty Director, Berkeley Institute for Data Science