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23 posts

ijlal-loutfi
13 April 2023

Livepatch has a new 13-month sliding support window – What does it mean for you?

Livepatch Security

The Livepatch tool is a valuable solution for resolving critical and high-security kernel CVEs without requiring an immediate system reboot. However, it is not a substitute for regular maintenance windows and reboots, as some CVEs still require a system reboot. Additionally, Livepatch only covers security-related kernel...

ijlal-loutfi
13 April 2023

ijlal-loutfi
13 April 2023

Canonical Livepatch gets even better – Now supporting Hardware Enablement Kernels

Livepatch Security

Livepatch allows Ubuntu users to fix critical and high kernel vulnerabilities at runtime, which reduces the need for unplanned reboots. Until now, Livepatch has only been available for Long-Term Release (LTS) kernels, but starting with the release of Ubuntu’s interim release of 23.04 Lunar Lobster in April 2023, it will...

ijlal-loutfi
13 April 2023

ijlal-loutfi
7 April 2023

Build the foundation for your zero trust strategy with Ubuntu confidential computing

Confidential computing Confidential computing

Why do we want to eliminate trust? Isn’t trust a good thing that we should foster and grow? And shouldn’t computing platforms trust their end-users, and vice versa? The short answer is no. And I would argue that the very goal of system security has always been to reduce trust. For instance, because you do

ijlal-loutfi
7 April 2023

ijlal-loutfi
21 March 2023

Canonical joins the confidential computing consortium

Confidential computing Confidential computing

We are happy to announce we have joined the confidential computing consortium, a project community at the Linux Foundation that is focused on accelerating the adoption of confidential computing and driving cross-industry collaboration around relevant open source software, standards and tools.

ijlal-loutfi
21 March 2023

ijlal-loutfi
22 February 2023

Linux security: your questions, answered

Confidential computing Confidential computing

At Canonical, we often get questions about open-source security and of course, Linux security is a common topic. Based on a recent webinar hosted by our security team and an accompanying blog post, we put together the most common questions we receive. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it should give you

ijlal-loutfi
22 February 2023

ijlal-loutfi
13 December 2022

What’s confidential, generally available, and open source? It’s Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 on Microsoft Azure!

Confidential computing Confidential computing

On behalf of all Canonical teams, I am happy to announce the general availability of Ubuntu 22.04 Confidential VMs (CVMs) on Microsoft Azure! They are part of the Microsoft Azure DCasv5/ECasv5 series that leverage the latest security extensions of the third generation of AMD CPUs, Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Secure...

ijlal-loutfi
13 December 2022

ijlal-loutfi
31 October 2022

Confidential computing in public clouds: isolation and remote attestation explained

Confidential computing Confidential computing

In the first part of this blog series, we discussed the run-time (in)security challenge, which can leave your code and data vulnerable to attacks by both the privileged system software of the public cloud infrastructure, as well as its administrators. We also introduced the concept of trusted execution environments and...

ijlal-loutfi
31 October 2022

ijlal-loutfi
11 October 2022

What is confidential computing? A high-level explanation for CISOs

Confidential computing Confidential computing

Privacy enhancing technologies and confidential computing are two of my favorite topics to talk about! So much so that I am writing this blog post on a sunny Saturday afternoon. But wait, what’s that I hear you murmuring? “What is confidential computing? And how does it affect me?” Those are two very good questions. Before

ijlal-loutfi
11 October 2022

ijlal-loutfi
28 July 2022

Let’s get confidential! Canonical Ubuntu Confidential VMs are now generally available on Microsoft Azure

Confidential computing Confidential computing

On behalf of all Canonical teams, I am happy to announce the general availability of Ubuntu Confidential VMs (CVMs) on Microsoft Azure! They are part of the Microsoft Azure DCasv5/ECasv5 series, and only take a few clicks to enable and use. Ubuntu 20.04 is the first and only Linux distribution to support Confidential VMs on

ijlal-loutfi
28 July 2022

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