Red Hat and IBM Unveil AI-Powered Open-Source Security Platform
IBM and Red Hat have launched Lightwell, an open-source software security platform designed to automate vulnerability patches across enterprise software. The new platform is commercially available and includes two offerings: Lightwell Network and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier.
Lightwell Network provides immediate access to a growing library of content spanning latest to legacy libraries with high-value remediations, while Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier serves as a trusted intermediary for deep industry collaboration, advanced vertical threat co-ordination, and secured patch embargoes. The platform aims to remove the friction between rapid innovation and enterprise compliance by securing specific software packages organisations run in active production today.
Lightwell leverages Red Hat's existing enterprise security model and applies it to organisations' wider open-source software portfolios. The platform uses a generative AI-powered remediation engine that is already live and operating at scale, combining frontier and open AI models with human engineering expertise to identify, validate, and remediate vulnerabilities.
The launch follows IBM and Red Hat's $5-billion open-source security commitment announced earlier this year. Over 20,000 engineers are supporting the development and expansion of Lightwell's AI-assisted vulnerability remediation capabilities.