A new CII Best Practices Badge program will help companies, interested in adopting open source technologies evaluate projects based on security, quality and stability. The Linux Foundation s CTO Nicko van Someren said the badge program is a first of its kind for the open source community and offers a free alternative to costly commercial offerings by companies such as Corsec Security and its Common Criteria certification that can cost upwards of $100,000. The CII badge program does not issue certificates nor validate open source projects.
Source: https://threatpost.com/linux-foundation-badge-program-to-boost-open-source-security/117799/