Blog posts tagged
"FedRAMP"

5 posts

Henry Coggill
4 February 2025

The role of FIPS 140-3 in the latest FedRAMP guidance

Article FIPS

Good news in the US federal compliance space. The latest FedRAMP policy relaxes past restrictions that prevented organizations from applying critical security updates.

Henry Coggill
4 February 2025

Henry Coggill
29 June 2023

Managing security vulnerabilities and compliance for U.S. Government with Ubuntu Pro

Article Hardening

Maintaining a compliant IT ecosystem is a major undertaking, as each regulation brings a host of specialized requirements. And dealing with the never-ending stream of security vulnerabilities that require patching only adds to this task.

Henry Coggill
29 June 2023

Canonical
11 August 2021

FIPS 140-2 certification for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS!

Article Canonical announcements

Ubuntu, the world’s most popular operating system across private and public clouds has received the FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for its cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, including OpenSSL 1.1.1. This certification is built on Canonical’s track record in designing Ubuntu for high security and regulated...

Canonical
11 August 2021

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
14 April 2021

DISA has released the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS STIG benchmark

Article Security

The Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) are developed by the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) for the U.S. Department of Defense. They are configuration guidelines for hardening systems to improve security. They contain technical guidance which when implemented, locks down software and systems to...

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
14 April 2021

Canonical
20 May 2020

FIPS 140-2 certification for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical has received FIPS 140-2, Level 1 certification for cryptographic modules in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, with FIPS-validated OpenSSL-1.1.1. modules included. This certification enables organisations to meet compliance requirements within the public sector, healthcare and finance industries when utilising Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...

Canonical
20 May 2020