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OpenSSF Scorecard: On the Path Toward Ecosystem-wide Automated Security Metrics

Cryptography and Security 2023-06-16 v4

Abstract

The OpenSSF Scorecard project is an automated tool to monitor the security health of open-source software. This study evaluates the applicability of the Scorecard tool and compares the security practices and gaps in the npm and PyPI ecosystems.

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@article{arxiv.2208.03412,
  title  = {OpenSSF Scorecard: On the Path Toward Ecosystem-wide Automated Security Metrics},
  author = {Nusrat Zahan and Parth Kanakiya and Brian Hambleton and Shohanuzzaman Shohan and Laurie Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.03412},
  year   = {2023}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures and 2 tables