Canonical’s Ubuntu Professional, a Linux safety upkeep subscription service protecting hundreds of functions and toolchains within the open-source ecosystem, is usually out there as of January 26.
Launched in beta in October, Ubuntu Professional helps customers of Linux desktops and servers get CVE (widespread vulnerabilities and exposures) patches, harden their programs at scale, and keep compliant with requirements similar to FedRAMP, HIPPA, PCI-DSS. Ubuntu Professional covers a further 23,000 packages past the principle OS, offering safety in opposition to essential, excessive, and chosen medium CVEs for functions and toolchains starting from Ansible and Apache Tomcat to Node.js, Puppet, PowerDNS, Redis, Rust, and WordPress.
The usual Ubuntu Professional subscription covers safety updates for all packages within the Ubuntu Fundamental and Ubuntu Universe repositories. Ubuntu Professional prices $25 per yr per workstation and $500 per yr per server. Private subscriptions for as much as 5 machines can be found free. Subscriptions can be found at ubuntu.com/professional/subscribe with a 30-day free trial.
Ubuntu Professional is accessible for each Ubuntu LTS launch from 16.04 LTS, and is already in manufacturing for large-scale clients. Along with providing safety patches, Ubuntu Professional consists of instruments for compliance administration in regulated and audited environments.
As well as, Ubuntu Safety Information allows best-in-class hardening and compliance requirements similar to CIS benchmark and DISA-STIG profiles, the corporate stated. Ubuntu customers can entry FIPS-certified cryptographic packages wanted for all federal businesses in addition to organizations working below compliance with HIPPA, FedRAMP, and PCI-DSS.
Automated patching at scale is enabled by the Panorama system administration device. Additionally featured is Livepatch, which patches essential and high-severity kernel vulnerabilities at runtime, minimizing unplanned reboots.
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