CIQ Delivers Technical Preview Of Security Hardened Enterprise Linux
HPCWire, Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
CIQ announced the availability of a preview of Rocky Linux from CIQ - Hardened, a version of Enterprise Linux that is optimized for environments with the most stringent security requirements such as stronger password policies, memory corruption detection, kernel integrity checking and SSH restrictions.
The product delivers Rocky Linux via secure supply chain and packages, pre-configured security, code level hardening that blocks commonly used exploit paths, automated security updates, enhanced threat detection and premier support, all while maintaining API and application binary interface (ABI) compatibility with the Enterprise Linux standard.
As the speed, sophistication and volume of attacks on corporate systems accelerate, CISOs and IT security teams struggle to apply an effective and consistent Linux security policy across all their servers. With Rocky Linux from CIQ - Hardened, they can deploy a trusted version of Enterprise Linux and be assured that it is delivered securely, configured correctly, is up to date and protects their apps and services from malicious threats. Further, they have access to the support and services from Linux experts that can not only troubleshoot issues, but proactively help them with their unique security requirements.