The age of AI requires a new solution to cybersecurity challenges. Today, the Linux Foundation and industry leaders launched Akrites, a coordinated effort to defend critical open source software against AI-enabled cyber threats.
Founding members of this effort include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Anthropic, Chainguard, Cisco, Citi, Endor Labs, Ericsson, Google, IBM, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, GitHub, NVIDIA, OpenAI, RAPIDFORT, Red Hat, Rust Foundation, Sonatype, Vodafone and Zscaler.
Frontier AI models can now scan major software projects and surface vulnerabilities in minutes. To address this challenge, Akrites establishes a shared Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) and a standardized Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) process built on confidentiality-first principles. Backed by founding commitments from global technology leaders, AI labs, financial institutions, and security vendors, this initiative brings a unified, predictable partnership to upstream maintainers.
Read the open letter and learn why top organizations are joining together in this critical effort https://lnkd.in/exs7y_2d and visit https://akrites.org to learn how to get involved.