The OpenSSF Technical Advisory Council is responsible for oversight of the various Technical Initiatives of the OpenSSF.
Official communications occur on the TAC mailing list. Manage your subscriptions to Open SSF mailing lists.
Informal discussions occur in the TAC channel of the OpenSSF Slack. To join, use the following invite link.
Use GitHub Issues to request and discuss agenda items.
If you need support in any part of the process, please email operations@openssf.org.
The TAC meetings minutes are online and appear on the OpenSSF Community Calendar.
Meetings are also recorded and posted to the OpenSSF YouTube channel.
| Name | Position | Organization | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnaud J Le Hors | Vice Chair | lehors@us.ibm.com | IBM | April 2023 - March 2024* |
| Bob Callaway | bcallaway@google.com | April 2023 - March 2024 | ||
| CRob Robinson | Chair | christopher.robinson@intel.com | Intel | April 2023 - March 2024* |
| Dan Lorenc | dlorenc@chainguard.dev | Chainguard | April 2023 - March 2024 | |
| Dustin Ingram | dii@google.com | April 2023 - March 2024 | ||
| Michael Lieberman | mike@kusari.dev | Kusari | July 2023 - March 2024 | |
| Zach Steindler | steiza@github.com | GitHub | April 2023 - March 2024* |
NOTE: * marked entries denote OpenSSF Governing Board appointed members, others are community elected.
The TAC is chartered as part of the Open Source Security Foundation Charter.
The following Technical Initiatives have been approved by the TAC:
| Name | Repository | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability Disclosures | https://github.com/ossf/wg-vulnerability-disclosures | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
| Security Tooling | https://github.com/ossf/wg-security-tooling | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
| Security Best Practices | https://github.com/ossf/wg-best-practices-os-developers | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
| Identifying Security Threats | https://github.com/ossf/wg-identifying-security-threats | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
| Securing Critical Projects | https://github.com/ossf/wg-securing-critical-projects | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
| Supply Chain Integrity | https://github.com/ossf/wg-supply-chain-integrity | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
| Securing Software Repositories | https://github.com/ossf/wg-securing-software-repos | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
| End Users | https://github.com/ossf/wg-endusers | Meeting Notes | Incubating |
Diagrams with an overview of the OpenSSF, including its projects and SIGs, are available in the presentation OpenSSF Introduction (including Diagrammers’ Society diagrams) as created and maintained by the OpenSSF Diagrammer's Society.
| Name | Repository | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Toolchain Infrastructure | Coming Soon | TBD | TBD |
| Alpha Omega | https://github.com/ossf/alpha-omega | TBD | TBD |
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