News & Media

OSERA in the news.

Coverage of the alliance — from the intent to form, through the bank-validated pilot, to the operational alliance — plus videos, shorts, and a short history of how we got here.

In the press Videos & shorts A short history

A short history

How we got here

Early 2026

FINOS institutions recognise they each pay, independently, to keep the same open source dependencies alive — forking, patching or buying support for identical CVEs.

Q2 2026

Spearheaded by Moderne, the effort is brought to the FINOS community — in the open, not as a product — and a formation group convenes to design a mutualised, openly-governed model.

May–June 2026

A working pipeline ships: critical Java lines maintained as backpatch releases and validated end-to-end by participating banks.

June 2026

The Linux Foundation launches Akrites - the upstream security response and maintenance layer for critical open source. Read the Linux Foundation announcement.

26 June 2026

FINOS announces the intent to form OSERA with support from Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Moderne, Morgan Stanley, RBC, Sonatype, and TD Bank Group. Read the OSERA announcement.

August 2026

OSERA becomes operational: Citi, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, NatWest and RBC sign as founding Premier members, the first Governing Board convenes, and the Remediation Standards working group is ratified.

Be part of the next chapter.

Financial institutions fund and govern the alliance. Tech vendors join the working groups through FINOS. And because every line is open source, anyone can build it themselves.

Become an OSERA member Become a FINOS member Build it yourself

OSERA in the news.

OSERA Coverage

FINOS Takes Aim at A.I.-Based Cyber Threats

AI Is Forcing a New Open Source Security Model

FINOS announces plan to launch open source resiliency alliance

Six global banks complete open source security pilot as FINOS announces Project OSERA

Linux 基金會旗下 FINOS 規畫成立開源企業韌性聯盟 OSERA，協助金融業修補開源套件

Global Banking Giants Launch Project OSERA to Secure Open Source Supply Chains Against AI Threats

Global banks back project to strengthen open source resilience

FINOS Announces Intent to Form OSERA for Open Source Supply-Chain Resiliency in the Era of AI

FINOS Announces Intent to Form OSERA, a Global Financial Services-Led Alliance for Open Source Supply-Chain Resiliency

OSERA on video

The End of Manual Remediation? OSERA Standards for Open Source

Why You Should Stop Forking Open Source Projects

A Better Way to Fund Open Source Patches

How to Fix the Open Source Patching Mess

Why Your Open Source Dependencies Are Finally Safe

How Financial Enterprises Tackle Critical CVEs

How OSERA Fixes Security Flaws Instantly

How we got here

Be part of the next chapter.