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Open source enterprise application security remains a challenge despite greater patching efforts, IDC research reveals
- A recent IDC report, in collaboration with Canonical and Google Cloud, highlights the challenges faced by organizations in securing and maintaining open source software supply chains despite its growing adoption for development velocity and mission-critical workloads.
- The report, based on feedback from 500 IT professionals worldwide, delves into how open source adoption drives affordability, customizability, innovation, and security for organizations.
- However, the fragmented nature of open source consumption and dependencies poses significant enterprise security challenges, especially with the increasing complexity of software stack and cloud environments.
- Key challenges identified include vulnerability and patch management, compliance burdens, skills shortages, and risk mitigation in sourcing software packages.
- Canonical's Ubuntu Pro offers a comprehensive solution to address these challenges with security maintenance for both the OS and over 36,000 open source packages, automated patching, compliance profiles, and 12 years of security support.
- Ubuntu Pro aims to enhance application security by ensuring fast remediation for vulnerabilities, FIPS-certified cryptography, CIS hardening, compliance reporting, and expert support to alleviate organizations' operational risks.
- By providing security maintenance for both infrastructure and applications, Ubuntu Pro helps organizations reduce security risks, ensure software integrity, and simplify management of dependencies.
- The report underlines how organizations can benefit from Ubuntu Pro's security maintenance offering to navigate enterprise application security challenges and enhance their overall security posture.
- To tackle open source security complexities, leveraging solutions like Ubuntu Pro can streamline vulnerability management, compliance, and patching processes, providing a centralized and comprehensive approach to application security.
- Enterprises can significantly mitigate security risks, address skill shortages, and ensure software integrity by adopting Ubuntu Pro's security maintenance services tailored to open source environments.
- Ubuntu Pro's holistic approach to security maintenance, including vulnerability management, patch automation, and compliance measures, can help organizations enhance their application security and mitigate supply chain risks effectively.
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