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OpenSSF Welcomes New Members and Presents Golden Egg Award

On June 26, 2025, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) celebrated its annual Community Days North America by welcoming six new members from various tech and security companies. This event highlights the foundation's ongoing commitment to bolster open source software (OSS) security and establishes new partnerships aimed at enhancing collaboration and sharing best practices.

OpenSSF, operated under the Linux Foundation, is dedicated to sustainably improving the security of OSS. The new members include notable companies such as Balena, Buildkite, Canonical, Trace Machina, and Triam Security, alongside the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation as an associate member. Steve Fernandez, General Manager of OpenSSF, expressed excitement over the new additions, emphasizing the importance of collective action in strengthening security across interconnected technologies.

Golden Egg Award Recognition

During this year's Community Day, the foundation honored remarkable individuals with its prestigious Golden Egg Award. This accolade is a token of appreciation for those who have shown exceptional dedication to securing OSS through active community engagement and leadership. The recipients of the Golden Egg Award were:

• - Ian Dunbar-Hall (Lockheed Martin): For contributions to the bomctl and SBOMit projects.
• - Hayden Blauzvern (Google): For leadership in the Sigstore project.
• - Marcela Melara (Intel): Recognized for contributions to SLSA and leadership in the BEAR Working Group.
• - Yesenia Yser (Microsoft): Honored for her role as a podcast co-host and leadership in the BEAR Working Group.
• - Zach Steindler (GitHub): For his contributions to the Technical Advisory Committee and the Securing Software Repositories Working Group.
• - **Munehiro