We’ve talked about the rigorous certification process that Solaris 10 Trusted Extensions has been undergoing for nearly a year now. Well, the end is here and I’m glad to say that Solaris 10 Trusted Extensions has achieved Common Criteria Certification for the Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP) at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+, the highest recognized global security certification.
That is a mouthful, so for the non-techies out there, here is the translation: Solaris 10 Trusted Extensions can be used for Top Secret, Secret and all other program caveats in between. Solaris 10 now can be deployed by customers requiring Multi-Level Security (MLS) protection and independent validation of an OS security model - such as financial, healthcare and government institutions.
This news is quite an honor and further proves that enhanced security can be achieved through open source software development.
