Security Beefed Up for Linux
All infrastructure, regardless of underlying platform, need to be secured and protected through multiple layers of security. Linux systems are not an exception. The inherent security advantages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the Application Stack combined with Symantec's Critical System Protection, gives Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) a standards-based foundation for a variety of application workloads.
According to Andrew Walls, research director (risk and privacy group) for Gartner's Security, all the major vendors in the operating system market have been seeking a market share in the SMB market space for many years. The SMB market segment is a strong revenue generator for the vendors, and lacks some of the barriers to entering larger enterprises. This combination makes the SMB market an attractive target for vendors seeking to build market share and reputation, without having to make the large investment required to challenge the dominance of traditional large vendors in the enterprise market.
"Gartner's research indicates that all of the mainstream operating systems, in the personal and the mid-range server environments, are roughly similar in terms of the level of security assured by the OS in a default installation. This includes Windows, Mac, and Linux. Accordingly, it is not correct to assert that Linux is inherently more or less secure than any other mainstream operating system," said Walls.
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