The App Defense Alliance (ADA), an industry-leading collaboration launched by Google in 2019 devoted to making sure the protection of the app ecosystem, is taking a significant step ahead. We are proud to announce that the App Defense Alliance is shifting underneath the umbrella of the Linux Foundation, with Meta, Microsoft, and Google as founding steering members.
This strategic migration represents a pivotal second within the Alliance’s journey, signifying a shared dedication by the members to strengthen app safety and associated requirements throughout ecosystems. This evolution of the App Defense Alliance will allow us to foster extra collaborative implementation of {industry} requirements for app safety.
Uniting for App Security
The digital panorama is frequently evolving, and so are the threats to consumer safety. With the ever-increasing complexity of cell apps and the rising significance of information safety, now could be the right time for this transition. The Linux Foundation is famend for its dedication to fostering open-source tasks that drive innovation, safety, and sustainability. By combining forces with extra members underneath the Linux Foundation, we are able to adapt and reply extra successfully to rising challenges.
The dedication of the newly structured App Defense Alliance’s founding steering members – Meta, Microsoft, and Google – is pivotal in making this transition a actuality. With a member group spanning an extra 16 General and Contributor Members, the Alliance will help industry-wide adoption of app safety greatest practices and pointers, in addition to countermeasures towards rising safety dangers.
Continuing the Malware Mitigation Program
The App Defense Alliance was fashioned with the mission of decreasing the chance of app-based malware and higher defending Android customers. Malware protection stays an necessary focus for Google and Android, and we’ll proceed to accomplice intently with the Malware Mitigation Program members – ESET, Lookout, McAfee, Trend Micro, Zimperium – on direct sign sharing. The migration of ADA underneath the Linux Foundation will allow broader menace intelligence sharing throughout main ecosystem companions and researchers.
Looking Ahead and Connecting With the ADA
We invite you to remain connected with the newly structured App Defense Alliance underneath the Linux basis umbrella. Join the dialog to assist make apps safer. Together with the steering committee, alliance companions, and the broader ecosystem, we stay up for constructing safer and reliable app ecosystems.