Cloud-Native Security

Sysdig Simplifies Container Security Remediation
Sysdig today announced it is adding a guided remediation tool along with a checklist to help organizations better prioritize their container remediation efforts. Alba Ferri, senior manager for product marketing at Sysdig, ...

Containing Container Security Threats
As cloud adoption and digital transformation increase, more sensitive data from applications is being stored in containers. This is why effective container security controls to securely manage application connectivity are an absolute ...

The Way Forward for K8s Security: Eliminate Standing Privileges
If you have worked in cloud computing, DevOps or related fields in recent years, you’ve no doubt come across Kubernetes. One of the earliest and most popular open source container orchestration systems, ...

NSA Wants Strong Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization
When I want to get into my phone, I use a passcode or face ID to authenticate. When I want to get into my home, I use a key because no person ...

Slim.AI Integrates Vulnerability Scanning in Container Platform
Slim.AI is expanding the security capabilities in its namesake container deployment platform and making it simpler to discover vulnerabilities in containers. In addition, Slim.AI is extending the platform’s ability to harden containers ...

To Protect Cloud-Native APIs, Avoid Overly Permissive States
APIs are now foundational to how modern applications are built: Using microservices and containers and running on platforms like Kubernetes. They’re the standard mechanism to integrate internal components or expose functionality to ...

Tigera Update Makes Securing Containers Simpler
Tigera today announced a range of additional capabilities within its cloud-native application protection platform to secure container applications before and after they are deployed. Utpal Bhatt, chief marketing officer for Tigera, says ...

Containers are Temporary – The Data Inside Is Not
Containers are maturing and becoming essential for organizations pursuing an application modernization strategy. With all their code consolidated into a single package, containers can be spun up quickly and seamlessly moved from ...

Kubernetes 1.25 Update Focuses on Security and Storage
This week, the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) for Kubernetes released a Combiner update to the cloud-native platform that adds more than 40 enhancements. The bulk of the enhancements delivered in Kubernetes 1.25 ...

Optimizing Developer Impact on K8s Security
Kubernetes just passed its eighth birthday (hope you didn’t forget to send a card). In that time, the DevSecOps movement has decisively shifted security left. The evolution continues to add work to ...