SUSE has received Common Criteria Certificates at Evaluation Assurance Level EAL4, augmented by ALC_FLR.3 (EAL4+) for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 including KVM virtualization and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z 11 SP2. The certifications show that commercial and government agencies with environments that demand proven security assurance can trust SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to handle sensitive information affordably with an internationally agreed-upon and widely adopted standard for security evaluation.
"Security is vital to our enterprise customers. Linux has included many advanced security capabilities over the years, such as Mandatory Access Control, and these are now also used by KVM for virtualized environments," said Jean Staten Healy, Director Worldwide Linux and Open Virtualization at IBM. "The Common Criteria certification assures our customers that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is equipped with the security features that help organizations deliver trusted computing in a range of environments, from governments, to financial institutions, to cloud computing."
atsec information security conducted the Common Criteria evaluations for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, including KVM virtualization, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z 11 SP2 on Intel 64-bit Xeon, AMD 64-bit Opteron, and IBM System z (z10) architectures. For more details, go here.