[November 21, 2008] atsec Reports Certification of Oracle Enterprise Linux Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) atsec information security announced that Oracle Enterprise Linux Version 5 Update 1 has been certified by the German Common Criteria scheme as conformant to EAL4+ and the Controlled Access Protection Profile (CAPP), Role Based Access Control (RBAC), and Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP). The evaluation also covers Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1 executed in a guest domain on Oracle VM server virtualization software, demonstrating an EAL4+ certified environment. This evaluation adds to atsec's record of timely completions of Linux operating system evaluations. Since August 2003, atsec has initiated and completed more than 15 Linux evaluations at EAL3+ and EAL4+ on a broad range of hardware platforms. Completion of CC projects, in conjunction with a company's development schedules, is important in order to reach their markets effectively and take the maximum benefit from their evaluation investment. The Common Criteria standard is flexible and adapts to a variety of software paradigms - as atsec has shown by applying the methodology to open source software. atsec performed the first ever CC evaluation of a Linux operating system in 2003. Stephan Mueller, Lead Evaluator for atsec, said, "This evaluation extends the scope compared to previous evaluations as it now allows the execution of Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1 in an unprivileged Oracle VM domain, including the use of para-virtualized drivers." Only a handful of companies worldwide are accredited to perform evaluations under more than one national scheme. atsec's Common Criteria labs have been accredited by NIAP CCEVS in the U.S., BSI in Germany and CSEC in Sweden to perform evaluations. This international presence and a large staff of qualified evaluators enable atsec to offer its customers experience in Common Criteria evaluations. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]