Compliance

Protection against legal risks such as third-party intellectual property (IP) and licence obligations.

Cybersecurity

Protection against security gaps and vulnerabilities in software supply chains: Continuous monitoring.

Export restrictions

Many components, often with algorithms for encryption, are subject to strict export restrictions with drastic penalties.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

AI systems, trained by code fragments from Open-Source repositories, often generate code without regards to and without mentioning copyrights and licences.

Licence changes

Some Open-Source projects change the underlying permissive licence to a more restrictive licence when an update is released. This requires continuous monitoring of the components and versions used.

Policy protection

68% of companies have no internal policy regarding the use of Open- Source. The majority of developers are aware of less than 10% of the Open-Source content in their products (Source: Bitkom Open Source Monitor 2023).

Eliminate uncontrolled use of Open-Source to avoid copyright infringement, litigation, security vulnerabilities and operational risks. Meet licence obligations and avoid sanctions or penalties.

Benefit from sustainable Open-Source-Security, -risk and -compliance management.

Consulting

Bitsea advises customers comprehensively on Open-Source-Strategy, Open-Source-Governance, Open-Source-Processes, toolchains and offers an Open-Source-Program-Office (OSPO) and scanning as a managed service. We offer extensive workshops and training courses to sensitize your teams.

Development

Bitsea builds and operates Open-Source-Tool-Chains and the associated infrastructure independently of tools and customised to clients needs. If required, our developers can customise interfaces, tools or reports.

Audits

Our experienced Bitsea audit team identifies and monitors operational OSS risks and helps you ensure source code compliance. Bitsea uses a multi-factor approach to Software Composition Analysis (SCA). You receive a transparent bill of materials (SBOM) of components, security vulnerabilities, licences and licence obligations. We monitor your entire supply chain and also help your suppliers to provide the data you need. The focus is on automation and the reuse of already curated data.
We provide support with legal issues together with our wide partner network.

Engagement OpenChain

As an OpenChain partner, we provide support in the preparation and introduction of an Open-Source licence compliance program in accordance with ISO/IEC 5230 and advise on OpenChain Security Assurance in accordance with ISO/IEC 18974.

Embedded Systems

The size of the system is a major cost driver in the analysis. Particularly with embedded systems such as Yocto/Linux or frameworks such as Android, the effort and time involved can often be reduced to a fraction by intelligently tailoring the object of investigation. Bitsea has developed an automated process to identify relevant sources in advance and eliminate unused source code. This saves time and costs.