Merge pull request #98 from funnelfiasco/2024oct-update

Add the October 2024 GUAC update

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+---
+title: "GUAC Update: October 2024"
+layout: post
+authors: 
+  - Ben Cotton
+date: 2024-10-04
+tags:
+  - guac-update
+  - community
+  - events
+  - releases
+---
+
+Welcome to the inaugural [GUAC Update](/tags/guac-update), a monthly review of what has happened in the GUAC community and what's coming up.
+If you have feedback, please [let us know]({{< relref "../community.md" >}}).
+To include something in next month's update, leave a comment in the [issue](https://github.com/guacsec/guac-landing/issues/97).
+
+## New contributors
+
+Thanks to the following people for making their first contributions in September
+(the people listed here may have contributed to other parts of the project previously):
+
+* [Anirudh Edpuganti](https://github.com/ANIRUDH-333): [guac-docs#149](https://github.com/guacsec/guac-docs/pull/149)
+* [Ben Cotton](https://github.com/funnelfiasco): several contributions to [GUAC Visualizer](https://github.com/guacsec/guac-visualizer)
+* [Parth Patel](https://github.com/pxp928): several contributions to [GUAC Visualizer](https://github.com/guacsec/guac-visualizer)
+
+## Releases
+
+We had several releases for GUAC and GUAC Visualizer in September.
+Enhancements and bug fixes abound.
+For GUAC, these releases include network retries for certifiers, improvements to SBOM parsing, and adding the ClearlyDefined certifier to the compose files.
+The GUAC Visualizer release adds a new information window that includes quick facts on vulnerabilities, SBOMs, and SLSA.
+
+Full details for each release are below:
+
+* [GUAC v0.8.3](https://github.com/guacsec/guac/releases/tag/v0.8.3)
+* [GUAC v0.8.4](https://github.com/guacsec/guac/releases/tag/v0.8.4) ([blog post]({{< relref "2024-09-11-guac-v0.8.4.md" >}}))
+* [GUAC v0.8.5](https://github.com/guacsec/guac/releases/tag/v0.8.5)
+* [GUAC v0.8.6](https://github.com/guacsec/guac/releases/tag/v0.8.6) ([blog post]({{< relref "2024-09-19-guac-v0.8.6.md" >}}))
+* [GUAC v0.8.7](https://github.com/guacsec/guac/releases/tag/v0.8.7) ([blog post]({{< relref "2024-09-25-guac-0.8.7.md" >}}))
+* [GUAC v0.8.8](https://github.com/guacsec/guac/releases/tag/v0.8.8)
+* [GUAC Visualizer v0.4.5](https://github.com/guacsec/guac-visualizer/releases/tag/v0.4.5) ([blog post]({{< relref "2024-09-24-guacviz-0.4.5.md" >}}))
+
+*Note: We will not typically publish blog posts in the future for bugfix releases.*
+
+## Events
+
+Tell your friends:
+GUAC is [participating in Hacktoberfest]({{< relref "2024-09-25-hacktoberfest.md" >}}) this year.
+If you're looking for other projects to participate in, [GUAC can help]({{< relref "2024-09-26-guactober.md" >}})
+
+In case you missed it, check out the [episode of Cloud Native Live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5jPnyF9gc) where Soham Arora, Parth Patel, and Ben Cotton presented several GUAC use cases beyond security.
+
+And be sure to check out these upcoming events:
+
+* SOSS Fusion in Atlanta, GA on October 22–23, 2024:
+    * GUAC maintainer Mihai Maruseac will be presenting "[End-to-End Secure ML Development](https://sossfusion2024.sched.com/event/1hcPB)"
+    * GUAC maintainer Jeff Mendoza will be presenting "[Scorecard at Scale: Old and New Possibilities for Lifting Security on All Repositories](https://sossfusion2024.sched.com/event/1hcPq/scorecard-at-scale-old-and-new-possibilities-for-lifting-security-on-all-repositories-jeff-mendoza-kusari-stephen-augustus-cisco-systems-inc)" with Stephen Augustus
+* SECTOR in Toronto, ON on October 22–24, 2024:
+    * GUAC maintainer Parth Patel will present GUAC in the [Arsenal](https://www.blackhat.com/sector/2024/arsenal/schedule/index.html)
+* Cloud Native Rejekts in Salt Lake City, UT on November 11, 2024:
+    * GUAC maintainer Parth Patel will present "[Papers, Please - Scrutinizing AI model creation](https://cfp.cloud-native.rejekts.io/cloud-native-rejekts-na-salt-lake-city-2024/talk/WAKSFW/)"
+* KubeCon & CloudNativeCon in Salt Lake City, UT on November 12–15, 2024:
+    * Join several GUAC maintainers and contributors at the Kusari booth (Q37)
+
+## Coming up
+
+Be sure to [join us]({{< relref "../community.md" >}}) in the weekly Maintainer Meetings, monthly Community Meeting, or on Slack and office hours, to participate in the conversation.