--- title: 'Ubuntu: What’s the security story?' description: Of course you know Ubuntu. Your developers use it everywhere. But you’re from an enterprise, where the IT Security team has the final say. As they should. Before your app built on Ubuntu can go into production, you need their signoff. So what’s the security story with Ubuntu? How is it hardened? Are there best […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-whats-the-security-story?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Ellen Arnold](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ellenjanearnold "More about Ellen Arnold") 2 December 2017 # Ubuntu: What’s the security story? [livepatch](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/livepatch) [Management](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/management) [Security](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/security) [Ubuntu Advantage](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-advantage) [Ubuntu Advantage for infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-advantage-for-infrastructure) [Ubuntu Enterprise Summit](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-enterprise-summit) --- Share the article Of course you know Ubuntu. Your developers use it everywhere. But you’re from an enterprise, where the IT Security team has the final say. As they should. Before your app built on Ubuntu can go into production, you need their signoff. So what’s the security story with Ubuntu? How is it hardened? Are there best practices around patch management? What about standards and compliance? How can Canonical help? In this webinar, join Dustin Kirkland to learn: * How Ubuntu is secured out of the box * How we ensure that we are compliant * How Canonical ensure customers get a first class support experience * Why Ubuntu has the leading edge in security *This webinar was part of our [Ubuntu Enterprise Summit](https://ubuntu.brighttalk.com/summit/ubuntu-enterprise-summit/), December 2017.* [View Now](https://ubuntu.brighttalk.com/webinar/ubuntu-whats-the-security-story/) [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Canonical joins the Open Secure AI Alliance](https://canonical.com/blog/open-secure-ai-alliance) Canonical is now part of the Open Secure AI Alliance, announced by NVIDIA with partners across cloud computing, cybersecurity, enterprise software, open source foundations, and... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 28 August 2026 [### Januscape vulnerability CVE-2026-53359 mitigations available](https://canonical.com/blog/januscape-linux-vulnerability-mitigations-available) Introduction A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel was publicly disclosed on July 6, 2026. The vulnerability was assigned CVE ID... [seth-arnold](https://canonical.com/blog/author/seth-arnold) 11 July 2026 [### DirtyClone Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability fixes available](https://canonical.com/blog/dirtyclone-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available) On June 25, 2026, JFrog published their research into CVE-2026-43503, referring to the vulnerability as DirtyClone. The vulnerability had previously been responsibly disclosed... [Luci Stanescu](https://canonical.com/blog/author/lucistanescu) 1 July 2026 [### pedit COW kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations](https://canonical.com/blog/pedit-cow-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available) Mitigations are available for the Linux vulnerability with CVE ID CVE-2026-46331. The CVE ID was assigned on June 16 2026 and highlighted as a local privilege escalation (LPE)... [Luci Stanescu](https://canonical.com/blog/author/lucistanescu) 1 July 2026