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Such a shame these initiatives don't build on existing standards working groups but go away and reinvent a wheel instead.

Take a look for instance at ETSI TC Cyber, or ETSI NFV Sec.

Even more available in specific domains, such as intelligent transport systems (ISG WG5)

Let's have one more standard promoting another agenda and set of priorities.

Open standards should also promote consolidated standards.



This is more than just open standards, the problem with standards groups in general is that they haven't woken up on how to do modern open source development, they are slow moving.


OWASP as organization is one of the members of OpenSSF:

https://openssf.org/about/members/


What gave you the impression that they are reinventing the wheel?


Did you take a look at the ETSI organizations mentioned in the comment you are responding to?

> Take a look for instance at ETSI TC Cyber, or ETSI NFV Sec.




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