RENO, Nev. – August 26, 2025 – CIQ, the support and services partner of Rocky Linux, today announced that Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened (RLC-H) is now available on three major cloud marketplaces: AWS Marketplace, Microsoft Azure Marketplace and Google Cloud Platform.
This hardened Enterprise Linux offering enables organizations to deploy proactively secured, compliant systems while maintaining full compatibility with Enterprise Linux standards, according to CIQ.
As the speed, sophistication and volume of attacks on corporate systems accelerate, IT teams struggle to implement effective and consistent Linux security policies across their infrastructure. RLC-H solves this challenge by delivering a pre-hardened, enterprise-grade Linux distribution through a secure supply chain, eliminating the time and complexity of manual security configurations.
The solution delivers:
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System Level Hardening: Minimizes zero-day and common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) risks by eliminating potential attack surfaces and common exploit vectors
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Proactive Threat Mitigation: Proactive hardening eliminates entire classes of vulnerabilities, blocking exploits before they happen
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Strong Access Controls: Implements advanced password hashing and stronger password policies
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Attack Detection and Response: Detects sophisticated intrusions with Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG)
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Simple Deployment: Delivers pre-hardened systems, saving time and resources on security configurations
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Enterprise Compatibility: Maintains full API and ABI compatibility with Enterprise Linux standards
RLC-H is an optimized variant of Enterprise Linux that provides stronger password security, memory corruption detection, kernel integrity checking, and hardened replacements for core packages such as glibc and OpenSSH. The solution includes automated security updates, enhanced threat detection, and premier support from Linux experts who proactively address unique security requirements.
Beyond RLC-H, CIQ is broadening marketplace availability for its entire product portfolio. The company’s container-first, performance-intensive computing platform, Fuzzball, is now available on the AWS Marketplace. Additionally, CIQ was named the Endorsed Distribution provider of Rocky Linux on Microsoft Azure, offering both free community editions and Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC), the company’s commercially backed Enterprise Linux distribution, available on the Azure Marketplace.Additionally, CIQ was named the Endorsed Distribution provider of Rocky Linux on Microsoft Azure, offering both free community editions and Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC), the company’s commercially backed Enterprise Linux distribution, available on the Azure Marketplace. The latest release of RLC, version 9.6, is also available on the Google Cloud Marketplace.
