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The latest patch-level release of Univention Corporate Server bundles all new features and improvements from the past three months onto new installation media. UCS 5.2-6 brings highlights from Univention Nubus such as a new metrics endpoint for improved observability and technical details for directory objects in the Management UI and additions to the mail stack [...]

Yesterday, the US government ordered Anthropic to stop providing its latest AI models – Mythos 5 and Fable 5 – to people without US citizenship. Anthropic then blocked access completely. The explanation: at present, the company cannot reliably determine which users hold which citizenship. Let that sink in for a moment. Access to a key [...]

The debate around Digital Sovereignty is often framed as a contest between the United States and Europe, yet the underlying issue resonates far beyond these regions. Around the world, countries seek measurable control over government IT systems and data infrastructures while safeguarding citizens’ privacy and civil society. Their shared goal is to reclaim autonomy in [...]

Europe is engaged in an intensive debate about digital sovereignty and technological dependencies. Yet one of the most powerful instruments is already on the table: public procurement. New figures show just how urgent this issue has become. The lever is enormous – and largely unused Public IT spending in Europe is probably already above €100 [...]

The latest Nubus for Kubernetes release improves observability: a new API endpoint provides metrics for operator dashboards, and additional information in the Management UI gives operators and administrators easy access to information that helps prevent or analyze incidents. Univention Directory Manager Metrics The REST API of the Univention Directory Manager (UDM) now includes a new [...]

Attacks on open source projects have become the norm and therefore also threaten the supply chain of Univention products. To ensure the necessary security and transparency, we rely on signatures, SBOMs and VEX in Univention Nubus. The benefits behind these approaches are explained below. Motivation: Risk Management of Operated Software The “supply chain” of a [...]

At the ChannelPartner c.m.x event last week, I spoke about why digital sovereignty has long since become a strategic issue for business, public administration and society – and how system integrators and managed service providers can use this development in the interests of their customers. The more digital our processes, our communication and our value [...]

With the release of Nubus for Kubernetes 1.19, we have deliberately focused on security updates. In addition to patches for recently discovered vulnerabilities, we have significantly expanded our “VEX” information in particular, in order to make our handling of potential security issues more transparent and better usable for automated evaluations. You can learn more about [...]

Running administrative accounts and regular user accounts in the same directory is common in many environments – but separating them can significantly improve security. With Delegative Administration and Just-in-Time Authentication, UCS cleanly separates roles from identities. The result: less ACL complexity, clearer structures, and a more modern approach to administration. In many IT environments, this [...]

The classic IAM task – simple, secure, and centrally managed Almost every organization faces the same challenge: employees work with a wide variety of applications – specialized software, collaboration tools, cloud services, and internal systems. Access should be as simple as possible for users, while the organization needs control over who can access which data [...]