Tresys Technology Announces a
New Toolkit for the Certifiable Linux Integration Platform (CLIP)

Columbia, Maryland–June 5, 2007 – Tresys Technology, a leader in security technology innovation and services and a primary contributor to Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux), has released a new Certifiable Linux Integration Platform (CLIP) toolkit for secure solution development based on SELinux. This new toolkit configures an SELinux installation to support developers in meeting the Director of Central Intelligence Directive 6/3 “Protecting Sensitive Compartmented Information within Information Systems” (DCID 6/3) Protection Level 4 (PL4) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53 “Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems” High Impact requirements. The toolkit is designed to work with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) operating system.

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 required to support secure application deployment. Developers benefit from having the operating system security relevant configuration provided in a standard package. Developers can customize the included SELinux policy using other open source projects from Tresys, such as the SELinux Integrated Development Environment (SLIDE) or Cross Domain Solution (CDS) Framework toolkit.

CLIP toolkits are 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.