Organizations requiring high levels of security to benefit from open
virtualization technology
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with the KVM hypervisor on IBM Systems has been
awarded Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+
(EAL4+). The Common Criteria is an internationally recognized set of
standards used by the federal government and other organizations to
assess the security and assurance of technology products. This security
certification is the first of its kind for an open source virtualization
solution.
With this new certification, the KVM hypervisor on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux and IBM x86 servers now meets government security standards
allowing open virtualization to be used in homeland security projects,
command-and-control operations, and throughout government agencies that
previously were limited to proprietary virtualization technologies. This
security certification paves the way for governments, financial
institutions and other security-conscious agencies to create secure,
open virtualized IT environments and private clouds.
Open virtualization offers organizations, including government agencies
and financial businesses, the opportunity to reduce costs and increase
choice with the enterprise-grade KVM hypervisor.
"This certification highlights the combined power of SELinux and KVM and
we expect it to pave the way for broader adoption of private cloud
computing infrastructure in government agencies," said Paul Smith,
general manager and vice president, public sector operations, Red Hat.
"SELinux addresses common government agency concerns about implementing
virtualization because it provides for virtual resources to run in
separate containers and protect each one individually in case of
intrusion."
"Security is critically important to all our clients as they share
workloads and data through virtualization and in the cloud — and
especially so to our government and financial customers around the
world", said Jean Staten Healy, director of Linux, IBM. "Today's
announcement confirms that open virtualization and KVM are ready for
business and are able to offer high levels of security certification on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and IBM Systems."
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 features Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a
joint project developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Red
Hat. This Common Criteria certification allows producers to use Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 with the KVM hypervisor with confidence as they host
many tenants on the same machine, knowing that their virtual guests will
be separated from each other using Mandatory Access Control technology
developed by the NSA.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux with the KVM hypervisor on IBM Systems was
certified by BSI, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security. To
facilitate this certification, Red Hat and IBM worked with atsec
information security, a U.S. government and BSI accredited laboratory,
which tested and validated the security, performance and reliability of
the solution against the Common Criteria Standard for Information
Security Evaluation (ISO/IEC 15408) at EAL4+.
The certification of KVM and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 applies to IBM
System x, BladeCenter and iDataPlex servers.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with the KVM hypervisor is officially "In
Evaluation" for Common Criteria certification at EAL4+.
For more information on IBM visit: www.ibm.com/systems
or www.ibm.com/linux.
For a full roster of Red Hat's certifications and accreditations, visit http://www.redhat.com/solutions/industry/government/certifications.html.
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Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions and an
S&P 500 company, is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, with
more than 70 offices spanning the globe. Red Hat provides high-quality,
affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, together with cloud, virtualization, management,
storage and service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions, including Red
Hat Enterprise Virtualization and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat
also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers
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About atsec information security
atsec information security corporation is a U.S. Government accredited
laboratory, based in Texas, which tests information assurance (IA) and
IA-enabled commercial off the shelf (COTS) information technology.
Combining all of our technology security experience and expertise, atsec
information security corporation additionally provides strong consulting
skills for: network penetration testing; embedded systems and hardware
security testing and analysis; the Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA); Information Systems Security Management Systems
(ISMS); and independent security assessments based on your individual
needs.
atsec also operates Government accredited laboratories in Germany and
Sweden.
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