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Blog posts tagged
"security & compliance"

Lidia Luna Puerta
3 September 2025

54% of European enterprises want long term open source support: how Ubuntu Pro + Support delivers

Ubuntu Article

Europe’s open source ecosystem is at a turning point. The Linux Foundation’s Open Source as Europe’s Strategic Advantage: Trends, Barriers, and Priorities for the European Open Source Community amid Regulatory and Geopolitical Shifts report shows organizations across the continent are broadly adopting open source software (OSS). But adopt ...

Henry Coggill
6 June 2025

What is CMMC compliance?

Hardening Article

CMMC version 2.0 came into effect on December 26, 2023, and is designed to ensure adherence to rigorous cybersecurity policies and practices within the public sector and amongst wider industry partners. ...

Miona Aleksic
21 May 2025

Simplify security maintenance and compliance with Ubuntu Pro auto-attach for LXD guests

Cloud and server Article

With the latest LXD release, Ubuntu Pro now supports auto-attachment for LXD guest instances, offering organizations a seamless way to extend Ubuntu Pro benefits across their infrastructure. ...

Canonical
26 March 2025

70% of IT teams spend more than 6 hours per week on security patching – new IDC research

Canonical announcements Article

Open source software is a popular tool for businesses for many reasons, but this adoption has introduced new challenges in maintaining their open source software supply chain. 57% of organizations source their packages from upstream open source repositories, and 51% from ecosystem packages like pip or npm. The research shows that while 9 ...

Stephanie Domas
6 February 2025

A CISO’s comprehensive breakdown of the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA)

Compliance Article

The CRA is coming, and you need to be prepared. Depending on the Class your product falls into, there could be additional assessment, security, documentation, patching, compliance and reporting requirements on you and your teams. Find out how your digital product or service is categorised, reexamine your cybersecurity practices and design ...

João Hellmeister
20 January 2025

A comprehensive guide to NIS2 Compliance: Part 3 – Setting the roadmap and demonstrating NIS2 compliance.

Ubuntu Article

In this third and final part of the series, I’ll provide some tips on how to set up your roadmap and effectively demonstrate compliance without overburdening your teams.  If you’re just joining the fun now, in our two previous editions we covered who NIS2 applies to and what requirements it sets out. Be sure to ...

João Hellmeister
17 January 2025

A comprehensive guide to NIS2 Compliance: Part 2 – Understanding NIS2 requirements

Ubuntu Article

In my previous blog, we ran through what NIS2 is and who it applies to. In this second part of the series, I’ll break down the main requirements you’ll find in NIS2 and help translate them into actionable and practical measures you can take to achieve NIS2 compliance. Join me in this post and start understanding what NIS2 is all about. ...

João Hellmeister
15 January 2025

A comprehensive guide to NIS2 Compliance: Part 1 – Understanding NIS2 and its scope

Ubuntu Article

The EU NIS2 directive, which calls for strengthening cybersecurity across the European Union, is now active in all member states. Join me for this 3-part blog post series  in which I’ll explain what it is, help you understand if it is applicable to your company and how you can become NIS2 compliant. In this first ...

Stephanie Domas
13 August 2024

The Cyber Resilience Act: What it means for open source

Compliance Article

Canonical CISO Stephanie Domas outlines the community response to the EU Cyber Resilience Act and explores how it will affect enterprises using open source software. ...

Pierre Guillemin
18 March 2024

Canonical’s commitment to quality management

Ubuntu Article

As Canonical approaches its 20th anniversary, we have proven our proficiency in managing a resilient software supply chain. But in the pursuit of excellence, we are always looking to set new standards in software development and embrace cutting-edge quality management practices. This enables us to meet current technological landscape need ...