Red Hat achieves Common Criteria Security Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat has revealed that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 has been awarded the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ for an unmodified commercial operating system under the Operating System Protection Profile (OSPP). This marks the first time that an operating system has been Common Criteria-certified with Linux Container Framework Support, further demonstrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7’s ability to provide hardened and more secure IT innovations like Linux containers.

 

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. In the Common Criteria scheme, EAL represents the depth and rigor of the evaluation, giving consumers the confidence that products specified at a specific level meet the package of security assurance requirements associated with that level. This certification provides government agencies, financial institutions, and customers in other security-sensitive environments the assurance that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 meets clear, specific security standards used by the federal government.

 

In addition to Linux Container Framework Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has also been certified to include functionality for:

·         Advanced Management (MLS mode only)

·         Labeled Security (MLS mode only)

·         Runtime protection against programming errors, encompassing address space layout randomization (ASLR), stack smashing protector strong and others

·         Packet Filter

 

This combined functionality makes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 the most secure platform that Red Hat has ever certified via Common Criteria.