CHARLESTON, S.C., March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Crunchy Data, the leading provider of trusted open source PostgreSQL for the enterprise, is pleased to announce that Crunchy Certified PostgreSQL, Crunchy Data’s commercially available distribution of PostgreSQL 12, has been successfully evaluated by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security for conformance with the Protection Profile for Database Management Systems (DBMS PP) Base Package, Version 2.12 at the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 2+.
This completion of Common Criteria EAL 2+ evaluation, an international standard for computer security certification, ensures that Crunchy Certified PostgreSQL represents the most trusted open source, enterprise Postgres distribution. In 2016, Crunchy Certified PostgreSQL became the first commercially available open source relational database management system to receive Common Criteria Certification.
Crunchy Data’s investment in this international security certification provides an independent validation of the security functionality of Crunchy Certified PostgreSQL, a 100% open source distribution of PostgreSQL, including extensions such as PostGIS, pgaudit and the JDBC driver.
“Crunchy Certified PostgreSQL provides enterprises with an open source and commercially supported distribution of Postgres that is validated by an independent laboratory to demonstrate compliance with the rigorous Common Criteria security standards,” said Crunchy Data President Paul Laurence. “Crunchy Data remains committed to providing Postgres users with the most trusted Postgres distribution, backed by our leading support.”
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