[2][3] Part of the Linux Foundation, the OpenSSF works on various technical and educational initiatives to improve the security of the open-source software ecosystem.

[4] The OpenSSF was formed in August 2020 as the successor to the Core Infrastructure Initiative, another Linux Foundation project.

[9][10] The OpenSSF also houses two projects: the code signing and verification service Sigstore[11] and Alpha-Omega, a large-scale effort to improve software supply chain security.

[12] The White House held a meeting on software security with government and private sector stakeholders on January 13, 2022.

[13] In May 2022, the OpenSSF hosted a follow-up meeting, the Open Source Software Security Summit II, where participants from industry agreed on a 10-point Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan, which received $30 million in funding commitments.