There are 236 federal organizations using a combined 5,254 project repositories on GitHub. Federal agencies are increasing their use of open source software to achieve their IT objectives. The shift to open source requires looking at several factors, such as culture, innovation, and architecture to be able to successfully employ the software. Security practitioners in federal agencies shouldn’t be bamboozled by the bandwagon effect of propaganda, said Jay Jaiprakash, director of technology, Sapient Government Services. The security risk profile for open source can be considered higher than with propriety software.”]