It is no secret that Linux is a far more secure option than Windows. From the ground up, Linux was designed to be highly secure. Since I started using Linux (back in '97), I've only had one ...

The U.K. Cabinet Office and IBM are working together on a secure open-source environment for public and private sector organizations. The Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA) said this ...

As a reader of The Chronicle, you almost certainly use a computer. And odds are that your computer runs an operating system developed by Microsoft, like Windows XP. A growing number of computer ...

Linux and open-source developers are working to make Linux security tools developed by the National Security Agency more accessible and usable by regular system administrators and application ...

The Linux Foundation's UEFI approach won't secure computers but will allow homegrown Linux distributions to work with new hardware Attempting to arrive at a solution to a complicated issue, ...

Trusted Computer Solutions is branching out from its Solaris roots with a secure version of Linux, due out in spring 2005. The software company, also known as TCS, is currently testing the secure ...

Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI ...

"Security through obscurity" may be a catchy phrase, but it's not the only thing that's catching among Windows users. “Security through obscurity” may be a catchy phrase, but it’s not the only thing ...

At my company, q!Bang Solutions, we provide all types of IT solutions, but our strong suit is our solutions built upon Open Source software. Our employees have used the Debian Router Project (which we ...

Most exchange backends still run on Linux - matching engines, market-data services, FIX gateways, and high-throughput trading ...

There have been several stories proclaiming that a recent Linux infection proves Windows malware monopoly is over and that Think Linux is free from malware? Think again; it’s been hacked. Much as it ...

For most Internet users, gone are the days when you backed up files to an external drive or home server. Instead, most of us rely on cloud storage to secure sensitive files, like banking information, ...