Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago
This video, starring Jason Hall, Principal Software Engineer at Chainguard, and John Speed Meyers, Head of Chainguard Labs, discusses false positives in scanners, including what they are and how they can cause issues when implementing vulnerability management practices.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:20 What is a false positive
01:09 Why do false positives happen
01:55 What does a scanner do
03:45 How to protect yourself from false positives
04:38 Outro
About Chainguard
Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, we are on a mission to be the safe source for open source.
Where to find us:
Website: https://www.chainguard.dev/
Twitter: twitter.com/chainguard_dev
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/chainguard-dev
TikTok: tiktok.com/@chainguard_dev
This video, starring Jason Hall, Principal Software Engineer at Chainguard, and John Speed Meyers, Head of Chainguard Labs, discusses false positives in scanners, including what they are and how they can cause issues when implementing vulnerability management practices.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:20 What is a false positive
01:09 Why do false positives happen
01:55 What does a scanner do
03:45 How to protect yourself from false positives
04:38 Outro
About Chainguard
Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, we are on a mission to be the safe source for open source.
Where to find us:
Website: https://www.chainguard.dev/
Twitter: twitter.com/chainguard_dev
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/chainguard-dev
TikTok: tiktok.com/@chainguard_dev
