As part of a $10-million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Georgia Tech’s Research Institute will look at open-source cybersecurity options for possible government use.
Part of what the researchers hope to do is to fight the misconception that open-source software is more vulnerable to attack because the source code is public.
“If someone wants to get into your software, it’s irrelevant” whether or not the code is open source, says Joshua L. Davis, a research scientist at Georgia Tech who is the lead investigator on the project.
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Author: Ben Wieder
