| Security-MD | Does the project contain a [security policy](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/managing-security-vulnerabilities/adding-a-security-policy-to-your-repository)? |
| Contributors | Does the project have contributors from at least two different organizations? |
| Frozen-Deps | Does the project declare and freeze [dependencies](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/visualizing-repository-data-with-graphs/about-the-dependency-graph#supported-package-ecosystems)? |
| Signed-Releases | Does the project cryptographically [sign releases](https://wiki.debian.org/Creating%20signed%20GitHub%20releases)? |
| Signed-Tags | Does the project cryptographically sign release tags? |
| CI-Tests | Does the project run tests in CI, e.g. [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions), [Prow](https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/tree/master/prow)? |
| Code-Review | Does the project require code review before code is merged? |
| CII-Best-Practices | Does the project have a [CII Best Practices Badge](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en)? |
| Pull-Requests | Does the project use [Pull Requests](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests) for all code changes? |
| SAST | Does the project use static code analysis tools, e.g. [CodeQL](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/enabling-code-scanning-for-a-repository#enabling-code-scanning-using-actions), [SonarCloud](https://sonarcloud.io)? |
| Branch-Protection | Does the project use [Branch Protection](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/about-protected-branches) ? |
| Packaging | Does the project build and publish official packages from CI/CD, e.g. [GitHub Publishing](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/guides/about-packaging-with-github-actions#workflows-for-publishing-packages) ? |
- The scorecard must only be composed of automate-able, objective data. For example, a project having 10 contributors doesn’t necessarily mean it’s more secure than a project with say 50 contributors. But, having two maintainers might be preferable to only having one - the larger bus factor and ability to provide code reviews is objectively better.
- The scorecard criteria can be as specific as possible and not limited general recommendations. For example, for Go, we can recommend/require specific linters and analyzers to be run on the codebase.
- The scorecard can be populated for any open source project without any work or interaction from maintainers.
- Maintainers must be provided with a mechanism to correct any automated scorecard findings they feel were made in error, provide "hints" for anything we can't detect automatically, and even dispute the applicability of a given scorecard finding for that repository.
- Any criteria in the scorecard must be actionable. It should be possible, with help, for any project to "check all the boxes".
- Any solution to compile a scorecard should be usable by the greater open source community to monitor upstream security.
- The Dockerfile in the root directory utilizes [experimental features](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/blob/master/frontend/dockerfile/docs/syntax.md) which is available in Docker v18.09 or later.
If you want to get involved or have ideas you'd like to chat about, we discuss this project in the [OSSF Best Practices Working Group](https://github.com/ossf/wg-best-practices-os-developers) meetings.
See the [Community Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=czYzdm9lZmhwNWk5cGZsdGI1cTY3bmdwZXNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ) for the schedule and meeting invitations.
See the [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) documentation for guidance on how to contribute.