Security
Internet of Things
Who should bear the cost of IoT security: consumers or vendors?
by Canonical on 7 February 2017
Anyone using the internet in Europe and the US on 21st October last year experienced what economists call an externality. It arrived in the form of a massive...
Internet of Things
The first consumer device to run snaps: Nextcloud box
by Amrisha Prashar on 3 February 2017
The Nextcloud box is a private cloud and IoT solution for home users, giving consumers a way to take back control over their personal data. It’s an...
Internet of Things
48% of people unaware their IoT devices pose a security threat
by Canonical on 30 January 2017
LONDON, U.K. – 30 January, 2017 – Nearly half (48%) of citizens remain unaware that their connected devices could be infiltrated and used to conduct a cyber...
Cloud and server
Canonical Livepatch Service update – December 2016
by Canonical on 21 December 2016
The following kernel security vulnerabilities were addressed through live patches on Ubuntu – to ensure you have the fixes, either install at...
Cloud and server
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Security: A Comprehensive Overview
by Dustin Kirkland on 8 December 2016
From Linux kernel livepatches to encryption to ASLR to compiler optimizations and configuration hardening, we strive to ensure that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is the...
Internet of Things
azeti using Ubuntu Core for process automation in Industrial IoT
by Amrisha Prashar on 3 November 2016
Do you require IoT technologies to be running smoothly 24 hours a day? Can you not afford mission critical scenarios? Azeti, a provider of IoT technologies...
Desktop
Meet ORWL. The first open source, physically secure computer
by Guest on 29 September 2016
This is a guest post by Daniel Nelson from Design Shift, makers of ORWL. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...
Internet of Things
Why open source matters to the IoT market
by Maarten Ectors on 15 September 2016
With everything becoming connected through IoT, security will be key to its success. And the best way to secure a system is to allow anybody to inspect the...
Canonical announcements
Notice of Ubuntu Forums breach; user passwords not compromised
by Jane Silber on 15 July 2016
There has been a security breach on the Ubuntu Forums site. We take information security and user privacy very seriously, follow a strict set of security...
Cloud and server
How Canonical Battles Zero-Day Threats
by Brent Clements on 14 July 2016
I work for Canonical as a Consulting Architect. Every design I put together I try to secure as best as possible. One reason I came to Canonical was because of...
Cloud and server
Security confinement in Ubuntu Core
by Gustavo Niemeyer on 4 May 2016
As much anticipated, the recent release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS included integrated support for snaps on classic Ubuntu. The snap format is part of Ubuntu Core, a...
Cloud and server
Create trusted compute pools in the cloud
by Mark Baker on 2 July 2013
Security is a big topic and concerns about security in the cloud is often cited by enterprises as a reason for not migrating workloads….featured-article...