Thanks, Oleg for putting down this, I would definitely be interested to chat 
during the contributor summit about this topic.

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021, at 1:48 PM, Oleg Nenashev wrote:
> Just a quick follow-up to this thread, there is ongoing discussion about 
> hosting a contributor summit after FOSDEM.
> Should it happen, I suggest having a security track/section there. We had a 
> similar one last year in Brussels, and IIRC it went quite well.
> 
> Ideas/comments and topic suggestions are welcome :)
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 9:02:51 AM UTC+1 Oleg Nenashev wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> To follow-up on the Jenkins Governance meeting 
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Nr8QpqYgBiZjORplL_3Zkwys2qK1vEvK-NYyYa4rzg/edit#bookmark=id.ypwngla6o9i9>
>>  we had last week, I'd like to continue the discussion about Jenkins 
>> security which was suggested as one of 2021 priorities. In this thread I 
>> propose to discuss ideas w.r.t improving security of Jenkins components and 
>> software supply chains. NOTE: Please do not reference unfixed security 
>> issues in this thread (reporting vulnerabilities 
>> <https://www.jenkins.io/security/reporting/>). 
>> 
>> *Current state*. Jenkins Security Team is doing a great job w.r.t. 
>> addressing security issues. In 2020 we had 19 security advisories with 198 
>> fixed vulnerabilities and 72 disclosed ones. There were great additions to 
>> devtools: Dependabot, GitHub CodeQL, Find-Sec-Bugs, etc. Also, new plugin 
>> hosting requests now get on-demand security reviews before being published. 
>> All of that is a great progress compared to the state we had several years 
>> ago.
>> 
>> *What’s next?* With all the recent events, security of the software delivery 
>> chain is in the spotlight for the many organizations. Jenkins is a key part 
>> of this chain for many users, and for sure we want to keep it that way. It 
>> is not “just” about timely fixing security issues and preventing 
>> misconfiguration. We are also interested to keep our own delivery processes 
>> in the best possible shape.
>> 
>> Some ideas we discussed at the meeting:
>>  * Growing security awareness among contributors so that the new code and 
>> documentation get developed with security in mind.
>>  * Expanding developer tooling. It would help to automate, and, when 
>> relevant, enforce preferred security practices in Jenkins components.
>>    * Examples: release automation infrastructure, adopting more analysis 
>> tools in the default pipelines. With a great start in previous years, we 
>> could definitely do more by using available tools and sponsorships.
>>  * Getting more contributors involved in the security effort. It is not only 
>> about delivering the security fixes. Many topics could be discussed publicly 
>> in SIGs and sub-projects, e.g. hardening Docker images, demonstrating 
>> security tools with Jenkins, and so on. Contributors could also help with 
>> security reviews
>>  * // Add your ideas in replies!
>> What do you think about these items? Would you like to suggest more 
>> additional areas where we could improve? Any feedback would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Oleg Nenashev
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