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[This Week At FINOS](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos)

# [This Week At FINOS: Week Of October 19, 2026](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos/week-of-october-19-2026)

 Written by [FINOS Team](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos/author/finos-team) | Oct 19, 2026, 1:31:42 PM

**In this week’s update:** join us this Wednesday for our Q4 All Community Call, read the announcement blog for the new SDLC Common Controls Catalog (SDLC³), and catch up on recent media coverage of OSERA featuring FINOS Executive Director Gabriele Columbro.

[**This Week's Meetings**](https://www.finos.org/calendar) | [**Upcoming Events**](https://www.finos.org/news-and-events)

🌐 **Q4 FINOS All Community Call**

**October 21 | Virtual**

Join FINOS leadership and project maintainers on October 21 for our quarterly community briefing ahead of OSFF New York. We will review ecosystem momentum, preview pre-conference technical workshops, and share direct updates across OSERA Remediation Standards, CALM, CDM, the Distinguished Engineer SIG, the new SDLC Common Controls Catalog (SDLC³), and more.

➡️ [**Register Here**](https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1217891578343/WN_DncZGnGNTo-NH6v6XnYKSw)

 ⚙️ **\[NEW\] SDLC Common Controls Catalog (SDLC³)**

The financial services industry faces an increasingly complex regulatory landscape where software controls are fragmented across institutions. The SDLC³ Catalog presents a curated set of common SDLC risks and standardized mitigations to streamline compliance efforts, reduce uncertainty, and promote safe, repeatable development practices aligned with regulatory expectations.

➡️ [**Read the Announcement Blog & Get Involved**](https://www.finos.org/blog/announcing-sdlc-common-controls-catalog)

➡️ [**Explore the Live Catalog**](https://sdlc-common-controls.finos.org/)

🗣️ **OSERA in the Media: Gabriele Columbro Discusses Open Source Security in Financial Services**

Following [**our recent announcement of OSERA**](https://www.finos.org/press/major-banks-back-osera-open-source-security-standards-and-fixes), our Executive Director, Gabriele Columbro, has spoken with several media outlets about how the initiative is helping financial institutions tackle the cost and complexity of open source security patching. Read the latest coverage from Efficiently Connected, Heise, and diginomica to learn more about OSERA’s approach to shared remediation standards and security updates for financial services.

➡️ [**Latest Coverage**](https://osera.finos.org/news)

### [WEEK OF 19 OcTOBER - MEETINGS](https://calendar.finos.org/)

 

[**Monday, October 19**](https://calendar.finos.org/?view=day&date=2026-10-19)

- Inclusive Engineering Working group
- InnerSource SIG
- Labs - CyberThirdEye
- Git Proxy Project Meeting

[**Tuesday, October 20**](https://calendar.finos.org/?view=day&date=2026-10-20)

- Fluxnova Public Meeting
- Open Financial LLM Leaderboard (OFLL) Working Session

[**Wednesday, October 21**](https://calendar.finos.org/?view=day&date=2026-10-21)

- Spring Bot Project Meeting
- AI Governance Framework Working Session
- CDM Tokenized Assets Working Group
- Distinguished Engineer Community Monthly SIG Meeting
- Physical Risk and Resilience
- CDM Derivatives Working Group
- FINOS Technical Oversight Committee Meeting

[**Thursday, October 22**](https://calendar.finos.org/?view=day&date=2026-10-22)

- CCC- Working Group: Compliant Financial Infrastructure (EU/APAC)
- FDC3 Standard Working Group
- Architecture as Code Office Hours
- CCC - Working Group: Website Improvement
- CCC Working Group: Compliant Financial Infrastructure (NA/LATAM)
- Applied GenAI bi-weekly call

[**Friday, October 23**](https://calendar.finos.org/?view=day&date=2026-10-23)

- Trader X Project Meeting
- A11y Theme Builder Project Meeting
- Data Commons

### FINOS EVENTS

💻 **Q4 FINOS All Community Call**

**October 21 | Virtual**

With OSFF New York right around the corner, we have massive foundation updates, deep dives into our rapidly expanding AI initiatives, and the latest release news from our top project maintainers. Whether you are tracking the progress of our AI Governance as Code, Fluxnova, or SDLC Common Controls, this session is your direct line to the heart of the FINOS ecosystem.

➡️ [**Register Here**](https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1217891578343/WN_DncZGnGNTo-NH6v6XnYKSw)

🗽 **OSFF New York**

**November 4-5 | NYC**

Join us in NYC on November 4–5 for two days of technical deep-dives and executive strategy. Day 1 focuses on Fluxnova Con and enterprise process orchestration, with broader conference tracks covering AI Governance, OSERA, FDC3, HPC, and open compliance. Full workshop schedules and speaker announcements are coming soon.

➡️ [**Register Here**](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-finance-forum-new-york/) **with Code TWAFOSFFNY20 for 20% Off**

### FEATURED EVENTS

**ISLA Annual Ops & Tech Summit 2026**

**November 26 | London**

Moving beyond post-trade, the ISLA Annual Ops & Tech Summit will explore how cutting-edge technology is redefining everything from trading and operations, pre- and post-trade, as well as at its core, overarching business strategies.

➡️ [**Register Here**](https://www.islagroup.org/isla-events/isla-annual-ops-tech-summit-2026)<https://osera.finos.org/>

Have a great week and please contact [**marketing@finos.org**](mailto:marketing@finos.org) if you have any questions or you would like to take part in any marketing related activities.

 

Kind regards,

FINOS Team

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