SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 is Now EAL 4+ Level Certified for IBM Z, Arm, and x86-64
SUSE has announced that its flagship Linux distribution has earned Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP2 is now EAL 4+ level certified for IBM Z, Arm, and x86-64 architectures, signifying compliance with the demanding security requirements for mission-critical infrastructure. SUSE’s Common Criteria EAL 4+ software supply chain certification includes secure production, delivery of updates, and protection of critical digital assets.
“In today’s age of advanced hacking and service disruption, Common Criteria EAL 4+ level certification for SLES provides confidence to critical service providers such as governments, finance and banking companies, healthcare organizations, water and power companies, telecommunications providers, and others innovating at the edge,” said Thomas Di Giacomo, SUSE chief technology and product officer. “SUSE’s commitment to open interoperability means SLES 15 customers around the world can be certain their operating system conforms to the highest international standards for computer security within their chosen IT infrastructure.”
This latest certification, the highest level attainable for an open source operating system, for SUSE Linux Enterprise on IBM Z demonstrates a continued prioritization on security and reliability, said Kara Todd, director of Linux, IBM Z and LinuxONE at IBM. “We are seeing an ever-growing number of exciting new Linux workloads which are a great fit for the underlying scalability, reliability and security that the IBM Z platform provides.”
According to SUSE, the exponentially growing number of IoT and edge computing devices has increased risk to networks and required countries to raise their compliance requirements for infrastructure providers, particularly those involved in services essential to their economies, governments, and health and safety of citizens. SUSE’s Common Criteria EAL 4+ certified secure software supply chain enables the highest security standards for edge and IoT devices for critical infrastructure providers such as telecommunications companies and others innovating at the edge.
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Plum High teacher among newest crop of state certified computer science educators
Plum High School math teacher Tamar McPherson recently joined an elite group of educators dedicated to the future of technology-based learning.
She is one of 38 teachers in the state to become certified in computer science grades 7-12 through the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The professional development opportunity was made possible through the state’s PAsmart initiative.
Created by Gov. Tom Wolf, PAsmart provides resources on educational training opportunities focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
“PDE is committed to providing certification pathways for educators interested in attaining their computer science certification,” said Kendall Alexander, department spokesperson.
McPherson said she sought the certification to better educate young learners and grow Plum’s computer science program.
“It’s important,” she said. “With everything being digitized, everything being related to computers somehow, I think that it’s important that some kids get experience. They may not all be software engineers, but they can work in information technology or information science or cyber security. There are a lot of different fields that they can get into.”
Math was something that came easy to McPherson.
“The running joke when I was a little kid was, ‘Just call her ‘Doctor’ and get it over with,’” she said. “It was something they said when I was 8 (years old).”
McPherson graduated from Pittsburgh’s Allderdice High School in 1994 and earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999.
She would go on to work for years as a engineer in research and development for a biomedical company that made materials for hip and knee implants before becoming a teacher.
High school Principal Joe Fishell said district is lucky to have McPherson on its roster.
“Mrs. McPherson is an amazing teacher who has worked tirelessly for her students.” Fishell said. “She saw an opportunity to lead her department in this area and was confident that she could accomplish great things. What an inspiration to her students and colleagues. I extend my greatest congratulations to her.”
McPherson joined the…
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Paul Price
Vice President, Forensic Services
Xact Data Discovery
Paul Price is the Vice President, Forensic Services at Xact Data Discovery, where he manages the firm’s technical operations in areas of digital forensics and cyber security. In addition to supervising forensic examiners, he maintains an active case load and conduct digital forensic investigations for civil litigation, criminal matters, internal investigations, and cyber security efforts.
Prior to entering the private sector as a consultant, Mr. Price gained invaluable experience and training as a law enforcement officer, where he received certification as a Computer Forensic Examiner. Over the course of his career, Mr. Price has conducted, assisted, or supervised over 1000 forensic exams for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies as well as law firms, corporations, and private individuals. His law enforcement background includes specialized assignments in Financial Crimes Investigation, Crime Scene, Computer Forensics, and Counterterrorism. Paul spent the last five years of his law enforcement career on assignment with the FBI working National Security matters and held a TS/SCI security clearance.
Mr. Price has worked on several high-profile engagements around the globe including cases dealing with Intellectual Properties, Trade Secrets, Bankruptcy, Embezzlement, Fraud, Commercial Litigation, Family Law, and Criminal matters. His work requires him to identify, preserve, analyze, and document electronically stored information (ESI) from computers, servers, mobile devices, VOIP systems, and many other sources of ESI for the purposes of evidentiary or root cause analysis. Mr. Price has been recognized and testified as a forensic expert in legal proceedings pending in both State and Federal courts.
Dhruva Sharma Is Making It Big in the World of Certified Ethical Hacking And Cyber Security
Dhruva Sharma, a Cyber Security Specialist, is making big headlines these days. With a penchant for scrutinising cybersecurity-related issues and vast knowledge of IT tools and apparatus, not once, but he has been aptly recognised thrice for his contributions to global IT security on three different occasions by three famous IT giants; Microsoft, Apple, and Google.
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New Delhi-based Dhruva Sharma is also a security researcher to make the internet a safe place for information and data sharing. Dhruva is utilising his ethical hacking skills and professional talent to assist and help global IT organisations in their fight against hackers and cybercriminals.
Dhruva – A Cyber Security Expert
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In the past too, Dhruva had wholeheartedly worked with several organisations and helped them in various ways. For his hard work and dedication, Google, Microsoft, and Apple rewarded him with an honourable mention in their Hall of Fame in 2014. As a Security Researcher, his contribution has been aptly recognised by each of these companies.
According to Dhruva, learning Black Hat, and various other security tools have helped in shaping his career as an IT security researcher and Technical analyst. He is an avid reader of cybersecurity-related stuff and, feels that with proper knowledge of cybersecurity, even governments can make use of use these skills to thwart terrorism and drug-related menaces from their territories, with most of them taking place online.
Over the last three years, the UK hospital servers have been facing the obnoxious side of ransomware as hospital sites abruptly stop working, and demand for a whopping amount of money. It’s quite stressful for the hospital administration and people at large because most of these hospitals carry patients’ data in their system. Dhruva feels by applying strengthening the working mode of IT apparatus in such organizations, the problems of ransomware could be easily overcome.
Dhruva Sharma – The Future Ahead
Dhruva’s exceptional knowledge…