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MontaVista MVShield Support

With a legacy spanning over two decades, MontaVista Software has been at the forefront of seamlessly integrating Linux into diverse applications, driving innovation, and unlocking new possibilities. As a leader in the embedded market, we have the prowess to target any baseline, empowered by state-of-the-art building and testing facilities.

Whether it's a brief task like integrating a newly released package into an older kernel version or a more extended commitment requiring a dedicated engineering resource, we offer a range of support programs to meet your specific needs:

• Standard support included in MontaVista Linux products
• Yearly or half-yearly dedicated MontaVista engineering services
• On-demand engineering hours for shorter and focused tasks
• Project-based support to achieve defined deliverable requirements

Discover MontaVista’s MVShield, a go-to Linux patch management and support program targeting specifically Rocky Linux® and CentOS® — both derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

MVShield offers expert guidance, extended lifecycle support (ELS), and seamless transition planning also for Oracle Linux end of life scenarios. It ensures maintenance continuity, CVE patching, and secure distribution support for enterprise environments. Oracle Linux users would find it very easy and convenient to switch to using MVShield, based on the same derived codebase.

By aligning with the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, MontaVista strengthens the reliability and consistency of your Linux deployments. MVShield ensures a stable operating environment by removing the dependency on frequent CentOS or Rocky Linux minor releases and selectively backporting critical patches.

Deriving from Rocky Linux and CentOS baselines, MVShield delivers:

• Long-term Linux security patching
• Automated Linux patch management for CVEs and defects
• Fully validated updates through a robust QA pipeline
• Continuous stability by eliminating the cycle of minor CentOS and Rocky Linux updates

Our customizable SLAs support mission-critical deployments with rapid response capabilities and hotfix delivery for high-severity CVEs. Whether your infrastructure is cloud-based, bare metal, or hybrid, MontaVista offers enterprise-class patching and risk management. .

Additionally, MVShield extends professional support to legacy 32-bit applications, ensuring critical business software remains operational and secure during infrastructure evolution.

MVShield implements Secure by Design and Zero Trust principles for COTS and enterprise-grade systems. Our security toolkit includes:

• Scorecard system for code trustworthiness assessment
• Support for OVAL, Tenable Nessus, CIS-CAT, OpenSCAP
• SBOM generation and CVE reporting compliance

This foundation provides high levels of Linux security patching and supply chain transparency to meet certification standards and regulatory mandates.

Top reasons to select MontaVista's MVShield program:

• Rocky Linux & RHEL-aligned base: Based on a reliable OS model from the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
• Cost-effective: Fixed annual pricing with no runtime fees or licensing lock-in
• No lock-in effect: All open-source distribution, no multi-year tie-in with the service
• Risk reduction: Delegated CVE and defect patching handled by MontaVista experts
• EOL transition support: Smooth End of Life migration from different CentOS/RHEL variants, such as RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux or Oracle Linux.
• Linux expertise: 20+ years of experience in embedded and enterprise Linux

With MVShield, you gain more than just support — you gain assurance, flexibility, and security for your enterprise Linux environments based on Rocky Linux and CentOS. Let us manage your Linux patch management, so you can focus on innovation.

The following diagram depicts key differences between RHEL, community CentOS and MontaVista’s MVShield.

To find out more about MVShield, please get in touch with us today by sending an email to sales@mvista.com or leaving a contact request.