container security best practices

NSA Security Best Practices for Kubernetes
In this series, I’ve outlined why every organization should care about the NSA’s Kubernetes Hardening Guidelines and examined different areas of the guidelines. What you may suspect is that most of the ...

5 Tricky Container Security Challenges
Containerized environments can be relatively complex to secure, particularly for enterprise teams used to more traditional network security processes and strategies. There was initial optimism that containerized infrastructure would actually be more ...

Containers in the Cloud Next on Cybercriminals’ Radar
Over the past couple of years, containers have solved many complex issues related to the compatibility and portability of deployments. But that means they contain sensitive information that can attract the attention ...

Zero-Trust for Kubernetes
Zero-trust is a new security paradigm that is adopted by the world’s biggest and most technically advanced organizations, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is being applied to virtually ...

Why Kubernetes Service Ownership is the Answer to Container Security
Full-service ownership is a hot topic right now in Kubernetes, as it revolves around the need for better container security. At the center of the discussion is the question of how this ...

DevSecOps Essentials for Containers
DevSecOps has emerged as the preferred and necessary approach to secure modern applications by ensuring security practices are seamlessly integrated into the software development and delivery process in an automated fashion. While ...

3 Reasons Teams Struggle to Shift Security Left
It seems like you can’t talk about application security today without mentioning “shifting left.” This phrase refers to bringing security into the ‘left’ side of the software development life cycle and testing ...

Survey Sees Spike in Container Adoption on Kubernetes Platforms
A survey of 156 attendees at the recent virtual KubeCon North America 2020 conference suggests the rate at which containers are deployed on Kubernetes clusters is accelerating. The survey, conducted last November ...

10 Questions To Assess Your Container and Kubernetes Security
Kubernetes adoption has exploded, especially in production environments, and is considered by most as the de facto container orchestrator. As the container and Kubernetes market continues to mature, security of the cloud-native ...