--- title: Blog posts tagged "CIS" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cis?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "CIS" #### [Ubuntu Pro Minimal 22.04 LTS with CIS hardening is now generally available on AWS](https://canonical.com/blog/cis-hardened-ubuntu-pro-minimal-available-on-aws) August 28, 2025 – We are excited to announce the general availability of Ubuntu Pro Minimal 22.04 LTS with CIS hardening, a new variant of Ubuntu designed for organizations that require tight security controls, minimal attack surface, and out-of-the-box compliance. This new offering combines the efficiency of Minimal Ubuntu with the enter --- Canonical announcements #### [Meet Cyber Essentials requirements with Ubuntu Pro](https://canonical.com/blog/meet-cyber-essentials-requirements-with-ubuntu-pro) Cyber Essentials is an increasingly important security standard within the UK that allows organisations to demonstrate to their customers that they operate their business in a secure and trustworthy manner. Achieving the Cyber Essentials certification helps businesses win new customers and  stand out amongst their peers. It is a requireme --- Hardening #### [Cloud computing security and compliance with Ubuntu Pro](https://canonical.com/blog/open-source-security-with-ubuntu-pro) Cloud computing security coverage for the operating system and the entire collection of software packages for 10 years with Ubuntu. --- Security #### [Canonical at AWS Summit Washington 2022](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-at-aws-summit-washington-2022) Meet our public sector team from May 23-25 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC Our collaboration wth AWS has started in 2012 making 2022 the 10th year of working together to deliver premium open source solutions in the cloud. With Public Sector designation, our goal is to continue supporting AWS providing security an --- Cloud and server #### [CIS benchmark compliance: Introducing the Ubuntu Security Guide](https://canonical.com/blog/cis-security-compliance-usg) The CIS benchmark has hundreds of configuration recommendations, so hardening and auditing a Linux system manually can be very tedious. Every administrator of systems that need to comply with that benchmark would wish that this process is easily usable and automatable. Why is that? Manual configuration of such a large number of rules lead --- Cloud and server #### [CIS-Harden your Ubuntu in Google Cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/make-your-ubuntu-cis-hardened-in-gcp) CIS Benchmarks are best practices for the secure configuration of a target system. The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) is the authority backing CIS Benchmarks. Ubuntu Pro is entitled to be CIS compliant and packaged with CIS toolings from Canonical. Let’s SSH into your Ubuntu Pro virtual machine. If you haven’t yet upgrade your --- Cloud and server #### [ROS Security Benchmark open for public comment](https://canonical.com/blog/ros-security-benchmark-open-for-public-comment) We’re pleased to announce that the Center for Internet Security (CIS) has publicly released the ROS Security Benchmark for community discussion. When published, this benchmark will document community best-practice configuration settings to properly secure ROS Melodic running on Ubuntu Bionic. Hopefully this is just the beginning of an ong --- Robotics