Security News > 2021 > March > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 achieves Common Criteria Certification
Red Hat announced further strengthening of Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a platform of choice for users requiring more secure computing, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 achieving Common Criteria Certification.
The first major security certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, this validation emphasizes Red Hat's commitment to supporting customers that use the world's leading enterprise Linux platform for critical workloads in classified and sensitive deployments.
The Defense Information Systems Agency recently published a Secure Technical Implementation Guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, which offers a configuration roadmap to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with an approved security baseline while still helping to drive innovation across an organization.
Red Hat Consulting has years of experience and specialized expertise in deploying more secure configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux in sensitive computing environments.
"This first Common Criteria certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 shows that Red Hat continues to maintain crucial IT security certificates for its next-generation operating system as well as the fact that the world's leading enterprise Linux platform can now provide a more secure and more intelligent platform for critical and classified deployments while retaining the flexibility, scalability and innovation of Linux," said Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager, Public Sector, North America, Red Hat.
"This rigorous security evaluation against stringent requirements identified by the National Security Agency under the global Common Criteria Certification Standard demonstrates and confirms Red Hat's commitment to make CC certified versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux available to security conscious customers such as the national security-related agencies, finance and healthcare verticals."
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