Ubuntu is most secure Operating System as per CESG assessment
CESG Communications-Electronics Security Group, UK government security arm of GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) has made a securing assessment among 11 consumer Operating Systems, among both Mobile and Desktops. In the assessment Ubuntu 12.04LTS came out to be superior, by passing 9 requirements.12 areas which were considered for assessing the security of Operating systems are,
- VPN
- Disk Encryption
- Authentication
- Secure Boot
- Platform Integrity & Application Sandboxing
- Application Whitelisting
- Malicious Code Detection and Prevention
- Security Policy Enforcement
- External Interface Protection
- Device Update Policy
- Event Collection for Enterprise Analysis
- Incident Response
The Operating Systems which were considered for assessment are,
- Android 4.2
- Samsung Devices with Android 4.2
- Apple iOS 6
- Apple OSX 10.8
- Blackberry 10.1 (EMM Corporate)
- Blackberry 10.1(EMM Regulate d)
- Google Chrome OS 26
- Ubuntu 12.04
- Windows 7 and 8
- Windows 8 RT
- Windows Phone 8
Read the complete assessment details
