When should an IT shop turn to commercial alternatives for security support?
What companies provide Linux security services? Mann: There are commercial companies that provide security consulting services. There are the big houses like J.D. Edwards and IBM. Smaller companies, like Red Hat, offer some consulting services. Third-party support is something that the enterprise demands. It’s become obvious, however, that if Linux is going to make it in the enterprise in a big way, there needs to be a lot more availability of some form of customer support. SecurityFocus.org is a good place to start looking for support services. Organizations need to establish a contractual relationship with a good consultancy, so that they can call on the consultant to provide updates in a timely fashion. My stand with Linux and security is that Linux implementations designed for security purposes should be ones that knowledgeable people have implemented. They should be designed so that companies with an in-house knowledge base can manage and maintain them. This would decrease depende
