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IBM\u2019s new $5B initiative will help enterprises rapidly patch open-source vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/ibm-open-source-security-ai-project-lightwell\/821348\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-28 11:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cybersecuritydive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

IBM will spend $5 billion to help find and fix vulnerabilities in open-source software packages used throughout the business world, the company announced on Thursday.
\nThrough Project Lightwell, IBM will create \u201ca trusted enterprise clearinghouse combined with a global force of engineers to identify and fix vulnerabilities at scale,\u201d using AI to validate and test the patches before deployment, the company said. Businesses will be able to subscribe to the patching program for automated deployment of fixes that integrates with their existing life cycle management processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cOpen source is the backbone of today\u2019s digital economy and the foundation of modern AI, and we are at an inflection point in how it is built, secured, and scaled,\u201d IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in a statement. \u201cThis is about strengthening trust in the systems that power business, government, and society.\u201d
\nIBM has already been testing the program with major financial institutions including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard and Visa. The software giant said the lessons it learned from the test phase will inform \u201chow vulnerabilities are identified, validated, and remediated at scale across complex software supply chains.\u201d
\nProject Lightwell\u2019s clearinghouse will provide a secure environment for businesses to discuss security issues with open-source code, increasing the speed with which open-source maintainers learn about problems while preventing threat actors from exploiting them.
\nHackers have increasingly targeted open-source software as its importance to the global technology stack has become more apparent. That exploitation activity has highlighted the weaknesses of the open-source ecosystem, in which mostly volunteer developers struggle to keep up with vulnerability reports \u2014 a problem that AI-powered vulnerability discovery has dramatically exacerbated.
\nThe new project from IBM, one of the world\u2019s largest users of open-source code, comes four years after technology giants agreed on a multi-year plan to increase their investments in open-source security. Three months ago, the leading AI companies announced $12.5 million in funding to help offset the challenges that their products have created for open-source maintainers.<\/p>\n

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