Red Hat
Red Hat at a glance: security-focused enterprise Linux and Kubernetes solutions. Learn what Red Hat OpenShift can do and which alternatives fit your needs better.
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Headquarters
1993
Founded
20,000+
Employees
Worldwide
Regions served
About Red Hat
Red Hat provides enterprise infrastructure and application platforms with security controls built into Linux, containers, Kubernetes and hybrid cloud environments. Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes technologies such as SELinux that help enforce mandatory access controls and reduce the impact of compromised processes. OpenShift extends this security-focused approach into Kubernetes and cloud-native application environments, providing consistent platform operations across public cloud, private infrastructure and edge locations. Red Hat also offers security technologies for container images, cluster workloads and application supply chains, helping development and platform teams integrate security into the software lifecycle. This makes Red Hat relevant to organizations modernizing applications while maintaining enterprise governance and operational control. Government and regulated customers can also use security-certified and compliance-oriented offerings depending on deployment and product configuration. Its role is broader than a standalone security vendor: Red Hat embeds security and governance into the operating platforms on which enterprise applications run.
Main focus: Security-focused enterprise Linux, Kubernetes, hybrid cloud infrastructure and application platforms
Target customers: Enterprises, government agencies, developers, cloud teams and organizations running hybrid infrastructure
Categories & Solutions
Red Hat is listed across published cybersecurity categories
Subcategories
Products (4)
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Core capabilities Red Hat delivers for security teams.
Industries Served
Red Hat is listed for 10 industries
Resources
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Company Info
The essentials about Red Hat.
- Company Type
- Subsidiary of IBM
- Headquarters
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Founded
- 1993
- Company Size
- 20,000+
- Main Focus
- Security-focused enterprise Linux, Kubernetes, hybrid cloud infrastructure and application platforms
- Target Customers
- Enterprises, government agencies, developers, cloud teams and organizations running hybrid infrastructure
- Headquarters Address
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Security & Compliance
Standards, regulations, and frameworks this vendor aligns with.
- CCCommon Criteria
- FIPSFIPS
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Rankings
- Rank13Top CNAPP VendorsProduct: Red Hat OpenShift
- Rank2Top Configuration Management SolutionsProduct: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Rank6Top Container Security VendorsProduct: Red Hat OpenShift
- Rank2Top Kubernetes Security VendorsProduct: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
- Rank2Top Remote Monitoring and Management SolutionsProduct: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Rank15Top Software Supply Chain Security PlatformsProduct: Red Hat Quay