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OpenSSL is a popular cryptographical toolkit with more than 20 years of history. For a long time, the only way to extend it was by using an "engine", which defines how a cryptographic algorithm is computed. This could include hardware devices and even new algorithms not included in the main library, but as OpenSSL evolved it became evident that the engines API was limiting. A new pluggable system, called a "provider", was introduced.What is a providerA provider, in OpenSSL terms, is a unit of code that provides one or more implementations of cryptographic operations, making new algorithms avai

When using the public cloud there are always challenges which need to be overcome. Organizations lose some of the control over how security is handled and who can access the elements which, in most cases, are the core of the company's business. Additionally, some of those elements are controlled by local laws and regulations.This is especially true in the Financial Services and Insurance Industry (FSI) where regulations are gradually increasing in scope. For example in the EU, the emerging Digital Operational Resiliency Act (DORA) now includes the protection and handling of data while it is ex

As Red Hat's product portfolio of various products expands, we are offering more delivery options and methods to give customers more flexibility in how they use and consume Red Hat products.Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) underpins Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes. RHCOS demonstrates the flexibility that Red Hat delivers to customers by providing a comprehensive, dedicated and container-optimized base operating system.As part of our Secure Software Development Lifecycle (Secure SDLC) practices, Red Hat provides granula

A lot of time and effort is put into writing security-focused software. Hardware vendors routinely add new features that help software developers increase the security of their software. Memory safe languages like Rust that help developers write safer code are becoming more and more popular. However, advancements in software security can be rendered useless if the supply chain for delivering software is compromised. As we’ve seen with the recent xz incident, a supply chain vulnerability can be exploited with malicious intent. In the LLVM project, we've been working to secure our own sof

Red Hat Insights has expanded its recommendation capabilities to security software by integrating with CrowdStrike, a security provider which provides protection across endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Insights Advisor provides Red Hat administrators proactive recommendations and early warnings for their Red Hat systems based on decades of operational expertise from Red Hat and select independent software vendor (ISV) partners. Through a new integration between Insights and the lightweight CrowdStrike Falcon® agent, organizations can have greater confidence that their Red Hat

Vulcan collaborated with Red Hat to optimize Vulcan Cyber with Red Hat Insights and provide businesses with a holistic view of exposure risk across all attack surfaces and asset types.According to Vulcan, “By harnessing Red Hat Insights’ deep visibility into host vulnerabilities, paired with the Vulcan Cyber holistic view, intelligent risk scoring and automated workflows, your teams will be empowered to resolve issues faster, enhance collaboration between security and IT teams, and ultimately reduce the risk of security breaches.”Red Hat Insights can help you better understand your secur

With the planned release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 in 2025, the PKCS #12 (Public-Key Cryptography Standards #12) files created in FIPS mode now use Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) cryptography by default. In other words, PKCS #12 files allow for backup or easy transfer of keying material between RHEL systems using FIPS approved algorithms.What are PKCS #12 files?PKCS #12 is currently defined by RFC 7292 and is a format for storing and transferring private keys, certificates, and miscellaneous secrets. Typically, PKCS #12 is used for transferring private RSA, EdDSA, o

As organizations start deploying advanced monitoring capabilities to protect their production environment from cyber attacks, attackers are finding it increasingly difficult to break in and compromise systems. As a result, they are now leveraging alternate approaches to infiltrate systems by secretly injecting malware into the software supply chain. This illicit code allows them to turn a software component into a Trojan horse of sorts, resulting in software infected with malicious code which allows cyber criminals to open the "doors to the kingdom" from the inside.A recent report from BlackBe

At Red Hat, we are committed to delivering trustworthy and robust products through a comprehensive security approach that encompasses many Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) activities. Our approach is grounded in the foundational principles of secure system design, which were first articulated 50 years ago in 1974 by Jerome Saltzer and Michael Schroeder in their seminal work: The Protection of Information in Computer Systems.Try Red Hat Enterprise Linux AIThese principles, along with more recent advancements, such as those outlined in the CISA Secure by Design and SafeCode Fundamental Prac

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers, built on Kata Containers, now provide the additional capability to run Confidential Containers (CoCo). Confidential Containers are containers deployed within an isolated hardware enclave protecting data and code from privileged users such as cloud or cluster administrators. The CNCF Confidential Containers project is the foundation for the OpenShift CoCo solution. You can read more about the CNCF CoCo project in this article.As part of OpenShift sandboxed containers release version 1.7.0 the support for Confidential Containers on IBM Z and LinuxONE using