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Blog posts tagged
"Security"


Valentin Viennot
10 January 2023

DIY chiselled Ubuntu: crafting your own chiselled Ubuntu base image

Cloud and server Article

In a previous post, I explained how we made our Ubuntu image 15 times smaller by chiselling a specific slice of Ubuntu for .NET developers. In this blog, I will provide step-by-step instructions on customising your chiselled Ubuntu base images for any use case. Chiselled Ubuntu containers combine Distroless and Ubuntu to create smaller, m ...


Valentin Viennot
9 January 2023

Chiselled Ubuntu containers: the benefits of combining Distroless and Ubuntu

Cloud and server Article

Last August, we announced 6 MB-size Ubuntu base images designed for self-contained .NET applications — we called them “chiselled Ubuntu”. How did we make our Ubuntu base images 15 times smaller? And how can you create your own chiselled Ubuntu images? In this blog, I explain the idea behind Distroless container images, which inspired us ...


Alex Jones
6 January 2023

Kubescape brings a new level of security to Charmed Kubernetes

Cloud and server Article

The popular open-source platform Kubescape by ARMO has been recently announced as a fully managed operator called a Charm for Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes distribution. This collaboration between Canonical and ARMO is exciting for the solution it enables for end users, ultimately resulting in hardened and more secure Kubernetes environm ...


Nathan Hart
5 January 2023

Security in the smart home: considerations for device makers

IoT Article

When people think of home security they usually think of an alarm system with a keypad next to the door. These days, however, home security should have two meanings. I’m here to talk about the second: cybersecurity. In other words, security in the smart home. A recent investigation found that a shocking number of leading ...


Valentin Viennot
19 December 2022

Chiselled Ubuntu: the perfect present for your containerised and cloud applications

Cloud and server Article

As we enter the holiday season, online shopping and payment systems are gearing up for higher traffic and workloads. Ensuring that these applications can handle the increased demand without slowing down or crashing is critical for providing a smooth and efficient experience for customers. One way to improve the performance and reliability ...


Massimiliano Gori
22 November 2022

Open source security: from prevention to recovery

Security Article

So you have just installed the latest antivirus and turned on your shiny new firewall. Now your organisation is fully secure, right?  The reality is that all the security products in the world will never be able to fully protect your data centre or your business from security threats. Because of the asymmetry between attackers ...


Canonical
30 September 2022

Meet Canonical at IoT Tech Expo

Internet of Things Article

Santa Clara, USA October 5-6 2022 IoT Tech Expo is almost here! With 250+ speakers, 5,000+ attendees and dozens of sessions dedicated to IoT in the enterprise and transformational IoT and 5G, it will be an impactful gathering. Join Canonical there to discuss our IoT solutions with our experts on-site. Learn about Linux security Linux ...


Carlos Bravo
15 September 2022

Why Enterprises Choose Canonical Ubuntu on AWS

Cloud and server Article

Canonical is excited to partner with AWS and feature on this week’s episode of AWS on Air. Watch us live on September 16, at 12pm PT. As the publisher of the Linux distribution Ubuntu, Canonical support, secure, and manage Ubuntu infrastructure and devices for thousands of businesses. Ubuntu runs from cloud to edge. It is ...


Rajan Patel
30 August 2022

FIPS certified vs compliant: what’s safer?

Cloud and server Article

Minimise risk by treating the FIPS standard as a baseline, and going above and beyond the baseline to mitigate risk by applying security patches. ...


Canonical
16 August 2022

Microsoft and Canonical announce native .NET availability in Ubuntu 22.04 hosts and containers

Apps Article

.NET developers are now able to install the ASP.NET and .NET SDK and runtimes from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with a single “apt install” command Canonical releases new, ultra-small OCI-compliant appliance images, without a shell or package manager, for both the .NET 6 LTS and ASP.NET runtimes Microsoft and Canonical are collaborating to secure the ...


Alex Murray
27 June 2022

What’s new in Security for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

Ubuntu Security

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is the latest long term support release of Ubuntu, one of the world’s most popular Linux distributions. As a Long Term Support release, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be supported for 10 years, receiving both extended security updates and kernel livepatching via an Ubuntu Advantage subscription (which is free for persona ...


dbeamonte
15 June 2022

What you’re missing out if you don’t try Ubuntu Core 22

Internet of Things Article

Ubuntu Core is the operating system for IoT and edge Ubuntu Core, the Ubuntu flavour optimised for IoT and edge devices, has a new version available. With a 2-year release cadence, every new release is both an exciting and challenging milestone. Ubuntu Core is based on Ubuntu. It is open source, long-term supported (LTS), binary ...