Cloud-Native Security

High Availability for Containerized SQL Server in K8s
Containers have numerous benefits for IT operations. But when it comes to using containerized stateful workloads, such as Microsoft SQL Server, a key obstacle remains: Implementing high availability (HA). Kubernetes is well ...

Are We There Yet? The State of Cloud-Native Security
In this session from DevOps Connect: RSAC 2021, Matt Jarvis and Simon Maple from Snyk discuss new, insightful and surprising findings on cloud-native application security from a recent industry survey. Learn about ...

Threat Stack Deepens Threat Discovery Reach for Amazon EKS
Threat Stack announced today it is extending its threat monitoring platform for the public cloud service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to include the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) on the ...

Misconfigured Argo Workflows Expose K8s to Attack
With the use of Kubernetes growing rapidly among enterprises comes increased opportunities for attackers to exploit the popular container orchestration platform’s weaknesses in security. This week, security specialist Intezer has detected a ...

Aqua Security Survey Surfaces Container Security Knowledge Gap
Aqua Security today published a survey that polled a mix of 150 cloud-native security practitioners and IT executives that suggests awareness of potential container security issue is dangerously low at a time ...

Sysdig Acquires Apolicy to Automate Container Security
Sysdig today announced it intends to acquire Apolicy to add an ability to automate remediation of container infrastructure misconfigurations provisioned using tools such as Terraform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed ...

The What and Why of Cloud-Native Security
On the road to embracing DevOps, many IT organizations still depend on traditional security practices, policies and tools that were not built to withstand the modern cloud-native approaches of scaling and complexity ...

Kubernetes Maturity Phase 4: Security, Efficiency and Reliability
In our earlier articles, we introduced the Kubernetes maturity model, discussed how to prepare for Kubernetes, explored the transformation phase, planned deployment and built confidence in successful deployment. Now, you’re ready to ...

Rapid7 Unifies Alcide and DivvyCloud in Single Platform
Rapid7 this week launched an InsightCloudSec platform that combines the cloud security posture management (CSPM) platform it gained with the acquisition of DivvyCloud last year and the Kubernetes security platform it gained ...

Container Security Threats Added to MITRE Attack Framework
Aqua Security is building a Container Framework that will be incorporated into a larger cybersecurity framework that MITRE Corp created to help organizations better defend themselves against cyberattacks. Assaf Morag, lead data ...