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Mandrakesoft has won a 1-million-euro, three-year contract to help create a highly secure, Linux-based solution for the French Ministry of Defense. Managed by a five-member consortium, the project will take a Linux based solution to CC-EAL5 (Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 5). This contract, Mandrakesoft's largest thus far, demonstrates the validity of the company's strategy of developing new business in the government and corporate marketplace.
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___ For Immediate Release ___
Mandrakesoft to Participate in Development of Highly Secure Open Operating System Solution
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2509
Funded by French Ministry of Defense, to be CC-EAL5 Certified
Paris, France - September 23rd, 2004 - An industrial
consortium consisting of Bertin Technologies, Surlog, Jaluna,
Mandrakesoft, and Oppida, all major European players in security,
operating system, and certification technologies, has been awarded a 7
million euro, 3 year contract by the French Ministry of Defense. Under
the contract, the consortium will develop a Linux based multi-level
security operating system solution meeting Evaluation Assurance Level
5 of the Common Criteria (CC-EAL5). CC-EAL5 guarantees an outstanding
security level for an operating system, and satisfies major security
requirements in both commercial as well as defense and government
applications.
"Security is a major concern in today's embedded and
networked computer systems, desktops and servers alike", said
Philippe Demigné, chairman, Bertin Technologies. "We are very
proud to have been chosen by the French Ministry of Defense to manage
this challenging project and to enrich operating systems with
innovative security features. Our security architecture is the cement
of the project. It binds together each partner's expertise".
Bertin Technologies will be responsible in particular for CC-EAL5
evaluation.
Consortium partners envision that hardware partitioning and
virtualization technology will play a key role in designing future
open operating system security solutions.
Jaluna, the operating system experts that recently introduced
innovative technology allowing multiple operating system instances to
share the same embedded system hardware, is responsible for the system
development. "Jaluna's vision has been validated by the
choice of Jaluna/OSware(TM) as the software foundation for the
project", said Michel Gien, CEO, Jaluna SA. "We are very
happy to contribute our well known operating system expertise towards
such an ambitious goal".
Mandrakesoft will contribute and adapt its Linux operating system, and
manage the Open Source community around the future results of the
project. The project will be released under an open-source license
following completion. Mandrakesoft's share amounts to 1 million euros.
"Such a project makes the most of the Open Source development
model", commented François Bancilhon, CEO, Mandrakesoft.
"It will leverage the power of Open Source, first by reusing a
good deal of preexisting software, and second, by letting the
community survey and improve the code. Mandrakesoft is naturally proud
to lend its skills to such a project - it is our most important
to date and a major milestone for the company", he added.
Surlog will instrument and monitor software development processes to
insure that the very high certification level required by the project
can be achieved. "The ambitious objective of a certification at
CC-EAL5 level for an operating system is a true challenge that can be
achieved by expanding approved techniques, methods and tools for
dependability and safety with those of security", said Marie Catherine
Monégier du Sorbier, CEO, Surlog SA. "Our tools and recognized
expertise in building, monitoring and auditing complex software
development processes in critical systems will be key to achieve such
a high level of security certification."
Evaluation against the ISO 15408 Common Criteria standard will be
performed by Oppida, one of the very few organizations accredited by
the French National Security Agency to perform information technology
security evaluation. "Certification against a recognized
international standard is essential for users to trust the operating
system they rely on for their operation", said Hervé Hosy, CEO,
Oppida SA. "This is precisely Oppida's core expertise.
We will perform regular evaluations of project intermediate results
until the ultimate CC-EAL5 evaluation."
The scope of the certified Linux-based multi-level security solution
that will be developed by the consortium goes far beyond military
utilization. It is intended to address the industrial market at large,
as well as telecommunication and enterprise systems. Major industry
players worldwide will be invited to join the project as associates,
and express their requirements and interact with the development team.
"This will be a world first for an operating system solution of
such a wide scope and we are proud to be at the heart of such a
challenge", concluded Philippe Demigné, chairman, Bertin
Technologies.
About Bertin Technologies
Bertin Technologies Group formed in 1999, capitalizes on the
scientific and technological assets of the former company Bertin &
Cie, created more than 45 years ago by the brilliant engineer, Jean
Bertin. Today, the group consists of Bertin Technologies Company and
its three subsidiaries, a2b technologies, Ellipse Pharmaceuticals, and
SPIBIO. The main objective of our Group is to combine creativity,
expertise and efficiency in day-to-day activities, in order to serve
the interests of our clients with innovative added value.
http://www.bertin.fr
About Surlog
Since 1993, Surlog SA has been an independent laboratory, specializing
in the evaluation of system and software dependability and safety.
Surlog SA intervenes with industrial clients and safety authorities in
the railway, nuclear, space, defense and energy fields.
Based on a set of competencies, methods and tools for the analysis,
evaluation and control of system and software dependability, Surlog SA
offers its knowledge and its mastery of the various standards in
quality and safety of system and software (including CEI 61508,
CENELEC 50128, CEI 880, DO 178B, GAMT 17).
In order to optimize its evaluation missions, Surlog SA has developed
its own tools: for safety software static analysis (tool
APRLS ), for identification of the functional paths of a
component, evaluation of the test coverage, identification of unit,
integration and validation test cases (tool AGFL : Software
Analysis by Functional Graph), for the audit of the software integrity
level and its development process (tool Audit_SdF ).
http://www.surlog.com
About Jaluna
Jaluna develops and markets value-added software components and
solutions that allow multiple application environments, including the
operating system to co-exist and interoperate on the same hardware.
This brings legacy application migration, real-time, availability and
security to Linux-based network equipment and appliances.
Founded by Sun Microsystems Chorus team members, with a wealth of
experience in developing and deploying real-time and high availability
solutions, Jaluna paves the way for the development of current and
next generation network infrastructure and connected devices.
http://www.jaluna.com
About Mandrakesoft
Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular MandrakeLinux operating
system, one of the most full-featured and easy to use Linux systems
available. The company offers its enterprise, government and
educational customers a complete range of GNU/Linux and Open Source
software and related services. Mandrakesoft products are available in
more than 120 countries through dedicated channels and also from
Mandrakestore.com, the company's online store. Number 1 in several
countries, Mandrakesoft has won many awards for quality and technical
innovation. "Born on the Internet" in late 1998, Mandrakesoft has
offices in the United States and France. Mandrakesoft is traded on
Paris Euronext Marché Libre (ISIN Code: FR0004159382/MLMAN; Reuters
code: MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF).
http://www.mandrakesoft.com
About Oppida
Founded in 1998, Oppida delivers a full range of consulting services
in the field of information systems security. From advisory in
organization to security audits and application of security controls,
through awareness and education of users, Oppida is offering a full
set of solutions for securing information and communication systems.
Oppida is officially authorized as an Information Technologies
Security Evaluation Facility: laboratory of evaluation for security
products (firewall, cryptology tools...) accredited by the COFRAC and
authorized by the Central Directorate for Information Systems Security
(DCSSI, French National Security Agency) to evaluate security tools
and systems
http://www.oppida.fr
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their respective owners.
Press Inquiries
Mandrakesoft
Gaël Duval
Tel: +33 1 40 41 00 41
press at mandrakesoft dot com
Bertin Technologies
Elie Znaty
Tel: +33 1 39 30 62 81
press at bertin dot fr
Surlog
Marie Catherine Monégier
Tel: +33 1 40 83 00 00
press at surlog dot com
Jaluna
Michel Gien
Tel: +33 1 39 44 74 00
info at jaluna dot com
Oppida
Eric Dehais
Tel: +33 1 30 83 27 95
press at oppida dot fr
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