Hackathon Results: The FAIR Software Security Assistant
Main-stage results of the CloudFest USA hackathon, where 22 participants built the FAIR Software Security Assistant in a day. As mentor, Alain led FAIR's first labelling implementation: bridging Patchstack's CVE API with the FAIR network to surface vulnerability warnings and block vulnerable installs in wp-admin.
A main-stage panel presenting the results of the CloudFest USA hackathon, where 22 participants built the FAIR Software Security Assistant in a single day. As project mentor, Alain led the first implementation of FAIR’s labelling model — integrating Patchstack’s CVE API with the FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) network so hosts and site owners can surface vulnerability warnings and block installs of critically vulnerable packages directly in the WordPress admin. Presented alongside project leads Carrie Dils, Brent Toderash, and Elliot Taylor.