IBM & Red Hat: How Lightwell Can Lock Up AI-Era Open Source

IBM and Red Hat launched Lightwell, an AI-driven platform delivering automated vulnerability remediation and certified fixes for open-source dependencies at scale, addressing the reality that enterprise codebases now average 581 vulnerabilities. The service launches with 6,500+ remediated dependencies and initially targets financial services, with expansion planned to government, healthcare and telecoms.

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