The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) reflects the degree of confidence in the level of security claimed, say representatives. EAL 6+ High Robustness corresponds to "security services and mechanisms that provide the most stringent protection and rigorous security countermeasures." Only an EAL 6+ High Robustness operating system is certified to protect classified information and other high value resources from attack by hostile and well-funded attackers, they continue. "This is the first time NIAP has certified that an operating system is capable of defeating intentional, hostile attacks—the types of threats we now face from sophisticated criminals, corporate espionage spies, international terrorists, and foreign defense and intelligence agencies," says David Chandler, CEO of Integrity Global Security. "Corporations and government entities all around the world either have a false sense of security or know that their computers and networks can be compromised but see no escape from the fail-first, patch-later status quo. Some even take the drastic measure of unplugging their computers from the Internet. Now, information security officers will be relieved to know that military grade security is, for the first time, available to the enterprise."
Satnews Daily
November 24th, 2008
OS Is Secure With Plenty Of Integrity, Highly-So
Integrity Global Security, a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Hills Software Inc., has announced the Company's Integrity-178B operating system has been certified by the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), a U.S. government initiative operated by the National Security Agency (NSA), to Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 6+, High Robustness.
The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) reflects the degree of confidence in the level of security claimed, say representatives. EAL 6+ High Robustness corresponds to "security services and mechanisms that provide the most stringent protection and rigorous security countermeasures." Only an EAL 6+ High Robustness operating system is certified to protect classified information and other high value resources from attack by hostile and well-funded attackers, they continue. "This is the first time NIAP has certified that an operating system is capable of defeating intentional, hostile attacks—the types of threats we now face from sophisticated criminals, corporate espionage spies, international terrorists, and foreign defense and intelligence agencies," says David Chandler, CEO of Integrity Global Security. "Corporations and government entities all around the world either have a false sense of security or know that their computers and networks can be compromised but see no escape from the fail-first, patch-later status quo. Some even take the drastic measure of unplugging their computers from the Internet. Now, information security officers will be relieved to know that military grade security is, for the first time, available to the enterprise."
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The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) reflects the degree of confidence in the level of security claimed, say representatives. EAL 6+ High Robustness corresponds to "security services and mechanisms that provide the most stringent protection and rigorous security countermeasures." Only an EAL 6+ High Robustness operating system is certified to protect classified information and other high value resources from attack by hostile and well-funded attackers, they continue. "This is the first time NIAP has certified that an operating system is capable of defeating intentional, hostile attacks—the types of threats we now face from sophisticated criminals, corporate espionage spies, international terrorists, and foreign defense and intelligence agencies," says David Chandler, CEO of Integrity Global Security. "Corporations and government entities all around the world either have a false sense of security or know that their computers and networks can be compromised but see no escape from the fail-first, patch-later status quo. Some even take the drastic measure of unplugging their computers from the Internet. Now, information security officers will be relieved to know that military grade security is, for the first time, available to the enterprise."