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Survey: Kubernetes Deployments Can Be Hard to Navigate
A vendor survey of early Kubernetes adopters embracing cloud-native applications finds that high-maintenance microservices and API sprawl have created a new set of security and networking issues for some ...Full Article
Kubernetes Adopters Ramp DevSecOps
The faster Kubernetes deployments are scaled, the bigger a target they become for hackers probing for security vulnerabilities. With security incidents rising sharply, Kubernetes-native container security platform vendor StackRox ...Full Article
DevSecOps Emerges as a Cash Magnet
The shift toward front-end application security continues to gain momentum with DevSecOps vendors attracting investors as new security tools are integrated with enterprise application development workflows. The latest illustration ...Full Article
AMD, Google Encrypt Data on Confidential VMs
AMD and Google Cloud are collaborating on a “confidential VM” security effort that uses encrypted virtualization to secure data “in use”. The confidential cloud computing effort is based on ...Full Article
Massive IoT Initiative: Securing the Smart City
According to Microsoft, one particular type of project accounts for close to one quarter of all global IoT initiatives: smart-city projects. In a 451 Research report from February 2020, ...Full Article
DARPA Moves to Secure Chip Designs
The U.S. military is ramping up efforts to secure semiconductors and its electronics supply chain by embedding defenses during the chip design phase. The automation effort also addresses the ...Full Article
Zscaler Reconfigures with Cloudneeti Deal
Zscaler Inc., the cloud security specialist, has expanded its capabilities to fix infrastructure and other platform misconfigurations via its acquisition of Cloudneeti, a move that allows the buyer to ...Full Article
Open Source Push Highlights Security Flaws
As enterprise adoption of open source software soars, so too do the number of vulnerabilities inevitably exposed as deployments scale and security awareness grows in response to high-profile data ...Full Article
SoftIron Co-Founder, Mark Chen, Returns to Lead Company’s Secure Provenance Strategy as CSO
London – February 26, 2020 – SoftIron Ltd., maker of purpose-built and performance-optimized data center appliances, announces the appointment of Mark Chen to the role of Chief Security Officer. ...Full Article
‘Community-based’ Open Source on the Rise
As more enterprises embrace open source software for applications ranging from security and cloud management to databases and analytics, the steady shift away from proprietary software is coalescing around ...Full Article
