SWHSec: Leveraging Software Heritage to Enhance Cybersecurity

Software Heritage collects publicly available source code from numerous software projects and tracks their ongoing development.

The annual Software Heritage Summit and Symposium, which took place on January 29, 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, provides a unique platform for academia, industry, and policymakers to discuss critical issues at the intersection of software, artificial intelligence, and society.

Cybersecurity and regulation
In the era of heightened regulation, including the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), ensuring a robust and open infrastructure for software preservation and traceability is vital. Stricter global cybersecurity and compliance requirements pose challenges to the software ecosystem but also open pathways for innovation. Software Heritage, in partnership with UNESCO, provides the transparency, reliability, and long-term accessibility required to navigate these regulatory landscapes. This track will explore the intersection of policy, regulation, and technology, highlighting how open infrastructures safeguard public and private digital ecosystems.