The December 2020 SUNBURST cyberattack on the SolarWinds software build environment illustrated a concerning new reality for the software industry and illuminated the increasingly sophisticated threats made by outside nation-states to the supply chains and infrastructure on which we all rely.

SolarWinds and the software industry have evolved dramatically since SUNBURST. With the goal of setting a new standard in secure software development, our next generation build system incorporates the lessons learned from our work with cybersecurity experts, open-source thought leaders, customers, engineers, and developers. The work developed as part of our next-generation build system will be shared with the open-source community in 2022 to advance the security standards for all those we serve.