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Maya OS to Substitute Microsoft Windows on Defence Ministry Computer systems Amid Rising Cyber Threats: Particulars

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August 15, 2023
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Maya OS to Substitute Microsoft Windows on Defence Ministry Computer systems Amid Rising Cyber Threats: Particulars
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Maya OS is about to interchange Windows because the working system on the Defence Ministry’s computer systems, in accordance with a report. Instead of Microsoft’s broadly used proprietary working system (OS), the Ministry of Defence will use a Linux-based OS based mostly on the favored Ubuntu distribution. The OS was reportedly developed by authorities businesses over a interval of six months in response to rising cybersecurity threats and is provided with built-in malware safety for computer systems which are linked to the Internet.

The Hindu lately reported that the Ministry of Defence has begun to interchange Internet-connected computer systems with a brand new working system known as Maya OS. It relies on the free and open-source Linux distribution Ubuntu that’s maintained by British agency Canonical. However, in contrast to conventional Linux-based distros, the Maya OS interface seems to be just like Microsoft Windows, which may support within the transition course of.

According to the report that cites a authorities official, Maya OS is being put in on all Ministry of Defence computer systems linked to the Internet within the South Block earlier than August 15 — or Independence Day. While it’s but to be put in on computer systems operated by the three defence providers, it has been cleared by the Navy, whereas the Air Force and Army are conducting their analysis of the working system, the official advised The Hindu.

Microsoft’s Windows working system is about to get replaced in response to the rising quantity of circumstances of ransomware and malware assaults within the nation, as per the report. In order to guard computer systems which are linked to the Internet, the OS will characteristic a system known as Chakravyuh that’s able to detecting malware and defending the gadget. Government businesses labored on Maya OS for a interval of six months, in accordance with the report.

It is value noting that conventional Linux-based working methods like Ubuntu are usually not inherently safer than Windows, macOS, or ChromeOS. Many widespread Linux-based working methods provide restricted sandboxing (the method of limiting utility entry, stopping unauthorised system and file entry) in comparison with these different working methods. However, some distributions like Qubes OS have been developed to supply “reasonably secure” help for safe isolation and compartmentalisation of software program on the pc.

Meanwhile, Maya OS just isn’t the primary domestically developed working system — Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) is an present Linux-based working system that has been in improvement for over 16 years and beforehand examined by the Army. This indigenous OS was developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software (NRCFOSS). The newest model, BOSS 9.0 — codenamed Urja — was launched on February 19, 2021.

According to analytics agency StatCounter, Linux reached a 3 p.c market share in June, after a interval of 30 years. Microsoft’s Windows instructions the very best share, adopted by Apple’s macOS, and each corporations take varied measures, together with ongoing bug bounty packages for accountable disclosure of safety flaws. Government businesses might want to commit ample assets constantly — each when it comes to funds and manpower — to proceed evolving Maya OS as a safe working system that may hold malware and ransomware teams at bay.


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