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"Security"

Canonical
21 December 2016

Canonical Livepatch Service update – December 2016

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The following kernel security vulnerabilities were addressed through live patches on Ubuntu – to ensure you have the fixes, either install at ubuntu.com/livepatch or update to newest kernel and reboot. Linux kernel vulnerability 7th December 2016 (LSN-0014-1) Details: A race condition in the af_packet implementation in the Linux kernel. A ...

Dustin Kirkland
8 December 2016

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Security: A Comprehensive Overview

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

From Linux kernel livepatches to encryption to ASLR to compiler optimizations and configuration hardening, we strive to ensure that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is the most secure Linux distribution out of the box.These slides try to briefly explain:what we do to ...

Amrisha Prashar
3 November 2016

azeti using Ubuntu Core for process automation in Industrial IoT

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

Do you require IoT technologies to be running smoothly 24 hours a day? Can you not afford mission critical scenarios? Azeti, a provider of IoT technologies take these situations seriously and as a result have chosen Ubuntu core to provide more stable, efficient and secure distribution to the IoT equipment they monitor and maintain. azeti ...

Guest
29 September 2016

Meet ORWL. The first open source, physically secure computer

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

This is a guest post by Daniel Nelson from Design Shift, makers of ORWL. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com If someone has physical access to your computer with secure documents present, it’s game over! ORWL is designed to solve this as the first open source physically secure computer ...

Maarten Ectors
15 September 2016

Why open source matters to the IoT market

Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog

With everything becoming connected through IoT, security will be key to its success. And the best way to secure a system is to allow anybody to inspect the code and contribute a patch. The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to become a $4-11 trillion market by 2025, contributing 11% to the global economy, ...

Jane Silber
15 July 2016

Notice of Ubuntu Forums breach; user passwords not compromised

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

There has been a security breach on the Ubuntu Forums site. We take information security and user privacy very seriously, follow a strict set of security practices and this incident has triggered a thorough investigation. Corrective action has been taken, and full service of the Forums has been restored.  In the interest of transparency, ...

Brent Clements
14 July 2016

How Canonical Battles Zero-Day​ Threats

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

I work for Canonical as a Consulting Architect. Every design I put together I try to secure as best as possible. One reason I came to Canonical was because of the way we handle security updates and our approach to security.  This blog post outlines how we handle updates, specifically around zero-day vunerabilities. We have… Continue readi ...

Gustavo Niemeyer
4 May 2016

Security confinement in Ubuntu Core

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

As much anticipated, the recent release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS included integrated support for snaps on classic Ubuntu. The snap format is part of Ubuntu Core, a modern software platform that includes the ability to define rich interfaces between snaps that control their security and confinement, comprehensive observation and control of syst ...

Mark Baker
2 July 2013

Create trusted compute pools in the cloud

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Security is a big topic and concerns about security in the cloud is often cited by enterprises as a reason for not migrating workloads….featured-article a.button { display: none; } ...

Canonical
21 September 2012

Ubuntu Desktop for the enterprise

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu has become a serious contender for businesses looking for desktop alternatives. As an open-source system, it offers huge licensing savings over proprietary technologies. And it’s far leaner and easier to customise, which helps you minimise management costs and get more from your older hardware. This paper looks at three key areas w ...

Canonical
21 September 2012

Server Density deploys Ubuntu to deliver server and website monitoring as a service

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu helps Server Density developers innovate services, streamline server admin and increase security Summary Server Density delivers server and website monitoring as a fully managed service, delivering significant infrastructure and management savings for its customers. Until recently, the company used CentOS as its server operating sy ...

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