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The true cost of open-source support in companies | Kaspersky official blog
- 96% of surveyed companies use open-source applications due to wide selection, customization options, and zero licensing costs.
- Over half of firms surveyed face challenges with ongoing maintenance, with 63% struggling to keep solutions updated and apply patches.
- Key considerations when selecting open-source software include frequency and scope of updates, security-related updates, and complexity of installing updates.
- Assessing engineering culture and cybersecurity hygiene, examining vulnerabilities, and monitoring dependencies are crucial to predicting cybersecurity issues.
- Dependencies on third-party open-source components require assessment to determine the speed of patched component updates integration.
- Compliance with internal and regulatory requirements, license compliance audits, and developing plans for compliance audits are essential.
- Support costs for in-house teams, outsourced technical support, and organizational readiness for open source adoption impact the cost and complexity of technical support.
- Considerations like vulnerability scanners, risk management tools, IT asset tracking support, and CI/CD pipeline inclusion are important for open-source adoption readiness.
- Addressing risks such as project discontinuation, minor dependencies proliferation, and other supply-chain risks is crucial.
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