Project Lightwell: Securing the open source supply chain
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- #AI-powered-solutions
- IBM and Red Hat launch Project Lightwell to address open source supply chain security using AI and a large engineering team.
- Project Lightwell extends Red Hat's model to secure open source components across the entire application ecosystem, including libraries, AI frameworks, and toolchains.
- The initiative combines a team of over 20,000 engineers with AI for vulnerability review, patch development, and upstream contributions.
- Customers can integrate secure patches via commercial subscriptions, with Red Hat handling scanning, backporting, testing, and signing of patched artifacts.
- Project Lightwell emphasizes human expertise alongside AI, focusing on community context, backport compatibility, and responsible disclosure.
- It supports Red Hat's broader security ecosystem, including Sovereign Cloud, Hardened Images, and Enterprise Linux Long-Life Add-On.
- Early adopters are already testing the project in real-world environments, with plans for broader adoption and shared progress insights.