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Atsec information security has completed a Common Criteria (CC) evaluation of Novell/SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9) on IBM eServers, which will result in first-time Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+) certification of the enterprise operating system platform. The anticipated certification will enable SLES 9 to be adopted by governments and government agencies for mission-critical and command-and-control operations, and also reinforces to the private sector that Linux is a secure, tested platform for essential enterprise applications.
The first Linux Common Criteria certification (Novell/SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on the IBM xServer platform) was completed in August 2003 at the EAL2+ level. In the 18 months following initial certification, six additional evaluations have tested versions of Red Hat Linux and Novell/SUSE Linux software on a range of IBM and HP hardware platforms at progressively more secure Common Criteria levels. Gordon McIntosh, Lab Manager of atsec’s Common Criteria Testing Laboratory in Austin, Texas, notes, “No other commercial operating system has had security scrutinized and tested as regularly, on such a large number of hardware platforms, as Linux.”
The scrutiny of Linux will not end with the successful evaluation of SLES 9 on IBM eServers at the EAL4+ level. Vendors continue to demonstrate their firm commitment to secure operating system platforms by pursuing Common Criteria certification of new Linux versions on a full range of current and emerging hardware platforms.
Formal announcement of the successful EAL4+ evaluation completion on SLES 9 was made at the opening of LinuxWorld in Boston on 15 February 2005.
17.02.2005, Atsec Information Security Corp.
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