Cloud-Native Security

Best Practices for Kubernetes Incident Response
Kubernetes is the world’s most popular container orchestrator, used to manage large scale applications running on container engines like Docker. Containers are rapidly replacing virtual machines as the go-to choice for workload ...

Container Adoption not Slowed by Supply Chain Attacks
The extensive adoption of containerization and DevOps has changed enterprise software supply chain risks dramatically. In many ways, enterprise software risks have increased considerably because of the rising use of third-party software ...

Red Hat Survey Finds Widespread Container Security Issues
A survey of 500 DevOps, engineering and security professionals published today by Red Hat finds 94% of respondents have experienced a security incident involving their Kubernetes and container environments during the last ...

Palo Alto Networks Finds First Windows Container Malware
Palo Alto Networks revealed today it has discovered the first known malware targeting Windows containers. Dubbed Siloscape, the malware employs sophisticated code obfuscation techniques to create a backdoor into a Kubernetes cluster ...

Cybersecurity and Cloud-Native Application Connectivity
The Colonial Pipeline hack and the shutdown of the U.S.’s largest fuel pipeline was only one of many recent ransomware attacks on our nation’s hospitals, financial institutions and critical infrastructure. Can government ...

Enterprise Container Platforms Optimize Operations
As I indicated in my prior blog, A New Approach to K8s and Containers, a new kind of enterprise Kubernetes-based container platform is needed to accelerate time-to-value and realize efficient, safe operation ...

Aqua Security Report Reveals Docker API Security Mess
Aqua Security published a report today that shows widespread cloud misconfiguration issues also extend to Docker containers. The report finds more than 40% of users had at least one misconfigured Docker application ...

Taking Cloud-Native Security to the Next Level
It’s no secret that containers and Kubernetes offer unparalleled speed and agility. As organizations look to the technology for the ability to scale and deliver modern applications, Gartner predicts containers will be ...

How Kubernetes Protects Enterprises From Ransomware
Today’s complex enterprise IT workloads require the scale and flexibility that only Kubernetes can deliver. But security issues facing Kubernetes users continue to disrupt critical operations, particularly as ransomware inflicts increasing damage ...

Kubernetes Practices Gap Assessment
Using Kubernetes to orchestrate containerized software has proven value for DevOps value streams. To get the maximum value from Kubernetes, it is important to use recommended best practices, inclusive of people, processes ...