Newcastle City Council (NCC) said it has remediated more than 80 percent of its IT vulnerabilities caused by unsupported Java software by implementing Azul . Azul Platform Core , an OpenJDK-based alternative to Oracle Java, addresses critical security vulnerabilities in Java-based applications. It said it has remediated more than 80 percent of the council’s IT vulnerabilities overall, with no disruption to its essential municipal services or impact on performance. NCC provides services to more than 300,000 residents of Newcastle. Critical applications such as financial management, housing and benefits run on Java version 8. But in 2019, Oracle changed how it licensed and priced licensing and support for Java 8 and, as a result, NCC lost access to free quarterly security patches. When NCC security audits began flagging the Java runtime (JDK) as a major concern, the council said it needed commercial support to access security patches for its older versions of Java. It also needed to be able to address the vulnerabilities without disrupting its essential Java-based business applications and systems used daily by approximately 1,100 employees. Full support of Java application estate and critical patch updates NCC explored several options to address the need for more secure Java […]
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