Blog posts tagged
"Hardening"

21 posts


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


Massimiliano Gori
19 February 2023

Air gapped network: FIPS 140 compliance with Ubuntu

Article FIPS

Set up secure air gapped network and automate hardening, patch management and standards like CIS, DISA-STIG and FIPS 140-2 certifications on Ubuntu.

Massimiliano Gori
19 February 2023


Henry Coggill
8 February 2023

Is open-source as secure as proprietary software?

Article Hardening

Are the security issues we are seeing related to the use of open-source software? Does proprietary software have any more inherent safety or security benefits? In this article we will explore these issues and give you some more insights into the nature of these software development paradigms.

Henry Coggill
8 February 2023


Massimiliano Gori
22 November 2022

Open source security: from prevention to recovery

Article Security

So you have just installed the latest antivirus and turned on your shiny new firewall. Now your organisation is fully secure, right?  The reality is that all the security products in the world will never be able to fully protect your data centre or your business from security threats. Because of the asymmetry between attackers

Massimiliano Gori
22 November 2022


Rajan Patel
30 August 2022

FIPS certified vs compliant: what’s safer?

Article Cloud and server

Minimise risk by treating the FIPS standard as a baseline, and going above and beyond the baseline to mitigate risk by applying security patches.

Rajan Patel
30 August 2022


Valentin Viennot
25 May 2022

Create FIPS-enabled Ubuntu container images with 10-year security updates

Article Apps

Canonical’s UA and Pro customers can now fully benefit from their subscriptions directly in containerised environments and pipelines. The new UA client release (27.7+) makes it easier to enable FIPS mode in Ubuntu containers. It also automatically signs up CI/CD builds for 10-year security updates to never worry about...

Valentin Viennot
25 May 2022


Massimiliano Gori
4 March 2022

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 FIPS is now available for AWS, Azure and GCP

Article FIPS

The Ubuntu Pro FIPS profile is now available on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud

Massimiliano Gori
4 March 2022


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