Tresys Technology Announces a New Project
for a Secure Certifiable Linux Integration Platform (CLIP)
Columbia, Maryland–February 7, 2007 – Tresys Technology released the initial beta version of the Certifiable Linux Integration Platform (CLIP) toolkit for secure solution developments based on Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux). The toolkit is an open source project that provides an installation to support developers in meeting security certification requirements, in particular the Director of Central Intelligence Directive 6/3 (DCID 6/3) “Protecting Sensitive Compartmented Information within Information Systems” Protection Level 4 (PL4) requirements.
The initial version of the CLIP toolkit augments a standard SELinux installation with a Reference Policy-based SELinux configuration and additional tools to provide the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and accountability needed to support secure application deployment. Developers benefit from having the operating system security relevant configuration provided in a standard package. For additional security configuration, developers can use other open source projects by Tresys, the SELinux Integrated Development Environment (SLIDE) or cross domain solution (CDS) Framework toolkit, to write custom SELinux policies.
The CLIP toolkit is freely available for download from the Tresys open source server (oss.tresys.com). It is just one of several Tresys-developed open source technologies for SELinux. For more information on CLIP, SLIDE, CDS Framework, and other SELinux technologies, visit www.tresys.com.
About Tresys Technology
Tresys Technology is a principal open source contributor to Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux), with an emphasis on making SELinux easier to use and manage. In addition to its extensive Secure Linux technology development, services, and training experience, Tresys is developing the Tresys Brickwall™ and Tresys Razor™ suite of products to allow Linux users and administrators to easily leverage the power of SELinux. Tresys also provides business and government organizations with expert security engineering services, including security testing, evaluation and certification support, cryptographic solutions, and security technology innovation. For more information, visit www.tresys.com.
