> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introducing Talos Enterprise Linux

> An overview of Talos Enterprise Linux, what it includes, and how to get started.

export const version = 'v1.14';

Talos Enterprise Linux is Sidero's commercial distribution of Talos Linux, delivered through Enterprise Image Factory at `factory.siderolabs.com`. It adds compliance and supply chain artifacts — FIPS-enabled builds, per-schematic SBOMs, VEX data, and vulnerability scan reports — that are not available in the open-source distribution.

## Features included in Talos Enterprise Linux

Every build served from Enterprise Image Factory includes the following:

* **FIPS-enabled builds:** Every image is built with the Go Cryptographic Module, validated under FIPS 140-3 ([CMVP certificate #5247](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/certificate/5247)). No opt-in or separate build is required — this is a property of every build from Talos 1.13 onwards.

* **Per-schematic SBOM:** Enterprise Image Factory generates a Software Bill of Materials in SPDX 2.3 format for each schematic and Talos version. The SBOM covers the exact image a node runs — base OS plus every configured extension — which is different from the release SBOMs published on GitHub, which cover only the unmodified base.

* **VEX data:** Sidero publishes Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange statements that identify which CVEs actually apply to Talos as built. Used with the SBOM, VEX data lets scanners filter out non-applicable findings rather than relying on blanket waivers.

* **Vulnerability scan reports:** Enterprise Image Factory can run and return a completed vulnerability scan report on demand, combining the schematic's SBOM with VEX data and a live vulnerability database. Reports are available in `.json`, `.table`, `.sarif`, and `.cdx` formats.

For a full breakdown of features and how Enterprise Image Factory differs from the public Image Factory at `factory.talos.dev`, see <a href={`../../talos/${version}/learn-more/enterprise-image-factory`}>Enterprise Image Factory</a>.

## Access

Talos Enterprise Linux is available as a standalone entitlement and includes Omni. Talos Enterprise Linux customers who do not use Omni authenticate to Enterprise Image Factory directly.