These pages are intended to provide a simple way to check which version of an operating system is supported.
M_ prefix indicates the backend page where edits are to be made, which will show up in the display page and be converted into the public web page by Refined.
Each of these has different release cycles and so the pages need to be kept up to date.
As there is a 14 day window to install updates in order to remain compliant, and there is a monthly CE webinar which also provides the update info, these pages will need to be updated regularly to remain accurate.
To edit the pages, click on the links above or go to the CE Knowledge Hub Refined space and go into the Operating System Support sub-page.
Open the relevant page and click edit. Change any dates or other information that needs to be amended and amend the review dates etc in the PageProperties table. Click Update. The changes will propagate to the Cyber Essentials Knowledge Hub via the excerpts and therefore change the pages generated by Refined.
Once this is done, go into the display space (Welcome to the Cyber Essentials Knowledge Hub and go into the OS pages. Click Edit, update the review date in the PageProperties, and click Update. The reason for this is that the public page will display a ‘last updated’ date. This refers to the front-end page, and will not be changed if you alter the source page in the backend area. To maintain consistency the display page also has to be updated.
Windows systems – the end of support dates for these are shown and these do not change very often
iOS and MacOS have updates released fairly frequently and these can be found by following the links in the pages.
Android release security bulletins which state what versions have received an update recently.
ChromeOS provides the Chromium Dash pages, which give the release date for the Stable version in ChromeOS/Stable release field.
Ubuntu updates follow a regular and predictable cycle of a major release every two years, which get five years of support, after which users must purchase a licence to continue receiving them.