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Security is baked in

When we build products at Red Hat, we build security in as part of our base offerings. Our customers' security is a priority, and we work to ensure that our customers are secure and protected from risks. We protect our customers:

Through proactive and reactive security processes
By being transparent and open in what we do and how we do it
By ensuring that you are supported by our security experts

Being secure is not about a technology, a policy, or a service. Security is an ongoing effort that brings together the best practices, the right tools, and the right partners to assess risk and react appropriately. Red Hat collaborates with its employees, customers and the open source community to ensure that it provides optimized security offerings.

Red Hat offers comprehensive security solutions for your enterprise:

Red Hat products and services are available for every stage of your security development.
Red Hat products include the tools and technologies trusted to authenticate users, protect data, authorize access, audit activity, and maintain system security.
Red Hat Consulting can establish processes to streamline security patching and maintain regulatory compliance.
Red Hat Training and Certification prepares your in-house team to prevent, detect, and properly respond to sophisticated security threats aimed at enterprise systems.
Red Hat's global Security Response Team provides support for vulnerability identification, prioritization, mitigation, and relief.

To learn more about Red Hat Enterprise Linux security, visit our RHEL Security Paper.

Products and Solutions

Red Hat provides products and solutions that meet the highest level of your IT infrastructure's security requirements.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is recognized as the operating system of choice for security. Learn more about:

• SELinux
• Red Hat Audit Subsystem
• VPNs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Network Satellite

Red Hat Network Satellite is a complete systems management platform for your Linux infrastructure that is built on open standards and uses a simple, web-based graphical interface.

Identity Management

Red Hat Identity Management products provide an enterprise-ready alternative to expensive, proprietary solutions for identity and security management.

Government Certifications

Red Hat has partnered with IBM and HP for accreditations that ensure that Red Hat Enterprise Linux meets stringent product and process standards for security. These certifications, including Common Criteria certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4+) for Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP), Controlled Access Protection Profile (CAPP), and Role-Based Access Control Protection Profile (RBAC)¹, provide government customers with the assurance that Red Hat Enterprise Linux meets their requirements for highly secure environments.

Best Platform for your applications

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the operating system of choice for web applications because customers don't have to compromise on performance, security, and total cost of ownership (TCO) when they deploy their web applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Services

Red Hat works as an extension of your team as our employees work alongside your employees to improve the security of your corporate infrastructure. We provide the following services to to help you handle the security vulnerabilities that can affect your business:

• Security Response Team helps you find and address security related issues

• Red Hat Network Satellite is the easiest way to keep your systems up-to-date and secure

• Red Hat Consulting provides cost-effective security analysis and tuning for every stage of your Enterprise Linux deployment

• Red Hat Training and Certification offers multiple Linux courses, both in person and online, that help your team prevent, detect and properly respond to sophisticated security threats aimed at your enterprise systems