The challenges facing Kubernetes developers and how to overcome them [Q&A]
Developers have a lot to think about in 2022. Security tops the list and, increasingly, developers in the cloud and using Kubernetes need to think about cost too.
We talked to Rob Faraj, co-founder of monitoring tool Kubecost, to find out cultural shifts that organizations and developers need to make to overcome challenges created by the increase in adoption of Kubernetes.
Over three-quarters of container images have high risk vulnerabilities
A new report from container and cloud security company Sysdig finds that 75 percent of images contain patchable vulnerabilities of 'high' or 'critical' severity. In addition 85 percent of container images that run in production contain at least one patchable vulnerability.
Looking at the issues in more detail, 73 percent of cloud accounts contain exposed S3 buckets and 36 percent of all existing S3 buckets are open to public access.
Lag between detection and investigation of cloud attacks harms businesses
New research carried out by ESG for digital forensics platform Cado Security finds that 89 percent of companies have experienced a negative outcome in the time between detection and investigation of a cyber-attack on their cloud environments.
When asked about the challenges involved in dealing with incidents, 74 percent of security professionals say their organizations need additional data and context to conduct forensics investigations in cloud environments.
Enterprises move to software-defined storage as data volumes increase
A new report from the Linux Foundation looks at enterprise use of data and storage relating to cloud services and workloads.
The 2021 Data and Storage Trends Report, produced by the SODA Foundation and Linux Foundation Research, shows rapidly growing data volumes and a shift in how they're being handled.
The security challenges of widespread container use [Q&A]
Containers have provided greater flexibility and enabled developers to think less about their infrastructure. However, securing them presents a challenge.
Traditional workload protection technologies designed for static workloads don't work well on minimized, ephemeral container workloads. There's also increased use of open source software that presents additional risks.
Why SaaS security needs to have a higher profile [Q&A]
Increasing numbers of apps are moving to an SaaS model and containers, but the security of these applications doesn't always get much attention.
We spoke to BetterCloud CEO, David Politis who believes that SaaS security is an area that businesses need to take much more seriously.
Protecting Kubernetes from ransomware [Q&A]
Many organizations have been quick to adopt containerization and particularly Kubernetes. But while there are advantages in scale and flexibility, it also raises issues around cloud-native data protection practices.
So how can businesses adopt the technology but still protect their information? We spoke to Gaurav Rishi, VP product, at Kubernetes backup specialist Kasten by Veeam to find out.
Container security and compliance remains a challenge as deployment speeds ahead
A report released today finds that while adoption of container architectures and microservices continues at an impressive pace, maintaining automated and proactive security and compliance is a major challenge.
The study, from container security specialist NeuVector, polled over 1,200 DevOps professionals attending KubeCon EU 2021 and shows over 89 percent have container deployments active, and 88 percent are planning additional deployments in the next six to 12 months.
97 percent don't recognize the security limitations of containers
A new study finds that only three percent of respondents recognize that a container, in and of itself, is not a security boundary, suggesting that the default security capabilities of containers are overestimated.
The survey, from cloud security company Aqua Security of 150 cloud native security practitioners and executives from IT, Security and DevOps teams, across sectors and geographies, also shows that only 24 percent of respondents have plans in place to deploy the necessary building blocks for runtime security.
Sophisticated new attacks target container supply chains and infrastructure
New research reveals a continued rise in cyberattacks targeting container infrastructure and supply chains, and shows that it can take less than an hour to exploit vulnerable container infrastructure.
The latest threat report from cloud-native security company Aqua Security offers a detailed analysis of how bad actors are getting better at hiding their increasingly sophisticated attacks.
Microservices, containers, and Kubernetes have created security blind spots
A new study released today from Dynatrace finds that CISOs are increasingly concerned that rising adoption of cloud-native architectures and DevSecOps practices may have broken traditional approaches to application security.
The research finds that 89 percent of CISOs believe microservices, containers, and Kubernetes have created application security blind spots. While 71 percent admit they are not fully confident code is free of vulnerabilities before going live in production.
Enterprises turn to Kubernetes to handle big data
Kubernetes is rapidly becoming the standard for cloud and on-premises data workloads according to a new study from big data performance management company Pepperadata.
The study of 800 participants shows the motivations for adopting the container platform include improving resource utilization for reduced cloud costs (30 percent). While 23 percent want to enable their migration to the cloud; 18 percent to shorten deployment cycles; 15 percent to make their platforms and applications cloud-agnostic; and 14 percent to containerize monolithic apps.
Over 60 percent of DevOps teams would sacrifice container security for speed
A new survey of container security from NeuVector shows that 63 percent of respondents would curtail or restrain security measures in order to maintain faster production.
There's also a lack of consensus on who is responsible for securing container environments with 42 percent saying security teams, 30 percent development, and 28 percent operations. This is despite 32 percent saying security is their organization's single most important priority as they roll out containers and Kubernetes initiatives.
Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical publishes curated container images to help secure software supply chains
A good deal of software development now relies on open source images, but it can be hard for businesses to know if they're introducing security flaws by using them.
Canonical -- the company behind Ubuntu Linux -- is addressing this by publishing the LTS (Long Term Support) Docker Image Portfolio, a curated set of secure container application images, on Docker Hub.
Microservices take off as businesses taste their success
The use of microservices is succeeding for 92 percent of organizations according to new research from learning resources company O'Reilly.
It surveyed over 1,500 software engineers, systems and technical architects, engineers, and decision-makers from around the globe and finds that 77 percent of respondents have adopted microservices.
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