Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to invest in FreeBSD infrastructure modernization

The FreeBSD Foundation has announced that Germany's Sovereign TechFund (STF) has agreed to invest 686,400 toward improvements in theFreeBSD project's infrastructure, security, regulatory compliance, anddeveloper experience:

The work commissioned by STF also aligns closely with the recentAugust9, 2024 summary report released by the U.S. Office of theNational Cyber Director (ONCD), consolidating feedback from the 2023request for information on key priorities for securing the open sourcesoftware ecosystem. By enhancing security controls and SBOM tooling,the FreeBSD Foundation is helping to keep FreeBSD at the forefront ofimproved vulnerability disclosure mechanisms and secure softwarefoundations.