Securing Ubuntu Deployments for IoT and Edge Devices

IoT and edge devices are now deployed across manufacturing, agriculture, logistics, healthcare, and more. As these environments become increasingly interconnected, they also become prime targets for opportunistic attacks. Device makers must strengthen security at every layer, beginning with the operating system. Join us for a walkthrough of OS-level hardening practices, based on our practical security hardening whitepaper, that device makers can apply to their Ubuntu-based devices. In this session you’ll discover: - Key steps to secure connections to your devices, limit network and physical exposure, customize user access, stay up to date with security patches, and harden your kernel configuration. - Insights into how Ubuntu Core, Canonical’s immutable, strictly confined operating system for production devices, implements many of these protections out of the box. - How Ubuntu Pro extends long-term security maintenance, delivers compliance and hardening profiles, and supports standards and regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act. This session is ideal for organisations preparing devices for production deployment and for teams navigating increasing regulatory and security expectations across the industry.