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SUSE announced its flagship Linux distribution has earned Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification.SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 is now EAL 4+ level certified for IBM Z, Arm and x86-64 architectures, signifying compliance with the most-demanding security requirements for mission-critical infrastructure.
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Northern Ireland's Department of Health has temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine certification online service following a data exposure incident. Some users of the COVIDCert NI service were presented with data of other users, under certain circumstances, says the Department.
Much to the derision of expert commentators on social media, the COVID-Status Certification Review details the government's approach to so-called vaccine passports and its response to concerns over their usage. "Any decision to require COVID-status certification will be a discretionary choice for individual organisations to make. However, it is possible that certification could provide a means of keeping events going and businesses open if the country is facing a difficult situation in autumn or winter," it said.
Belkin announced that its latest generation secure KVMs have been certified for the National Information Assurance Partnership Protection Profile for PSD 4.0 standard. NIAP's review and certification follows Belkin's Common Criteria certification achieved in May of 2021.
Bitglass announced it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for its information security management system supporting the Bitglass CASB system. ISO/IEC 27001 is an information security management system standard published by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission.
announced that its healthcare security and cloud security certifications have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense as prerequisites of employment for certain security workforce categories. Following approval by the DoD Senior Information Security Officer and a recommendation by the Cyber Workforce Advisory Group Certification Committee, the HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner and the Certified Cloud Security Professional certifications are the latest additions to the DoD 8570 Approved Baseline Certifications table that is publicly available on the DoD Cyber Exchange website.
Technical certifications are increasingly in demand with 87% of IT employees possessing at least one and 40% pursuing their next. According to Questionmark, certification bodies must ensure they can quickly deliver, and robustly assess, their programs to meet new levels of demand.