Report: Security practitioners are overconfident regarding runtime security
The default security capabilities of containers are being overestimated by those working with them. In a survey conducted by Aqua Security, only three percent of respondents recognized that a container by itself is not a security boundary. “The results of the survey showcase a staggering knowledge gap that leads to an underinvestment in a critical … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Vectra AI Cognito Platform, Kasten K10 available on Red Hat Marketplace, and Scale Computing partners with IBM
Vectra AI has announced that it has been working with Microsoft to deliver Zero Trust capabilities. The Vectra Cognito Platform uses AI to find and prioritize attacks inside Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, cloud, data center, IoT, and enterprise networks. The platform adheres to the Zero Trust framework’s three guiding principles, which are verify explicitly, … continue reading
IBM adds enhanced data protection to FlashSystem
IBM announced that it is bringing advanced data protection capabilities to the IBM FlashSystem family of all flash arrays to help companies plan for and recover quickly from ransomware and cyberattacks. IBM Safeguarded Copy, which automatically creates data copies in “immutable snapshots,” will now be integrated into the IBM FlashSystem family. In the event of … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud release new threat detection service
Palo Alto Networks just announced an expansion to its partnership with Google Cloud to help make cloud adoption more secure. Together they are releasing Cloud IDS, which is a threat detection service. “Businesses are betting on the cloud for their most important initiatives, and one of the most fundamental factors to their success will be … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Pure Storage’s new as-a-service offerings, MinIO available on Red Hat Marketplace, and Cyient announces CyiOPS
Pure Storage has announced expansions to its as-a-service offerings. It launched FlashStack as-a-Service, which is a data infrastructure that integrates on-premise and multi-cloud infrastructures. Another new offering is Portworx Cloud Consumption, which provides greater flexibility to Portworx consumption to better match what their application needs. Instead of purchasing a license that is tied to a … continue reading
Pixie Auto Telemetry now available in New Relic One
Pixie Auto Telemetry, an observability tool that provides visibility into Kubernetes applications, is now available as part of New Relic One. Pixie automatically captures application profiles with function-level granularity, full-body requests, system metrics and the Kubernetes-specific state of pods and services. “The ever-changing, dynamic nature of Kubernetes environments results in blind spots, and alternative Kubernetes … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Otomi
Otomi is intended to act as an extension of Kubernetes to turn it into a “full blown container platform.” It provides an advanced ingress architecture, a suite of integrated pre-configured applications, multi-tenancy, and governance and security policies. One of the goals of the project is to support common DevOps use cases. It strongly relies on … continue reading
NS1 launches Traffic Analysis Dashboards to provide visibility into application traffic
NS1 is providing IT teams with more information into their application traffic with the release of Traffic Analysis Dashboards within Pulsar Active Traffic Steering. The dashboards give metrics on availability, latency, and traffic distribution. This makes it easier for teams to monitor and optimize their application delivery and performance. According to NS1, latencies in performance-driven … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Platform9 Managed KubeVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 renews FIPS 140-2, and Jamf Nation updates
Platform9 has announced the release of its Managed KubeVirt (PMK) platform. PMK will provide a unified platform for running virtual machines together with containers. Out-of-the-box capabilities include cloud-managed upgrades, automated monitoring for VMs, SR-IOV and OVS-DPDK support, user-friendly SaaS console, bare metal performance, 99.9% update SLA, and more. “Traditional virtualization solutions are expensive and managing … continue reading
Auvik Networks secures $250 million growth investment
Auvik, an award-winning provider of cloud-based network management software, today announced that it has secured a US$250 million investment from Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive businesses. The investment is expected to accelerate Auvik’s mission by funding product development, segment expansion, geographic reach, and other strategic growth initiatives. Auvik … continue reading
Google Cloud now indicates which regions have the lowest carbon impact
Google Cloud now indicates the regions with the lowest carbon impact inside Cloud Console location selectors for Cloud Run and Datastream. Regions that have a CFE percentage of at least 75% will be featured as a “Lowest CO2” region or a grid carbon intensity of no more than 200 gCO2eq/kWh.During pre-release tests, users were 19% … continue reading
Report: 94% of organizations have suffered from insider data breaches
A lot of focus is made on hardening systems from outside attacks, but threats from within the company shouldn’t be ignored. Results from Egress’ Insider Data Breach Survey 2021 showed that 94% of organizations have fallen victim to insider data breaches in the last year alone. The survey was conducted by Arlington Research on behalf … continue reading
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.3 released
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes offers tighter integration with the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform that fuses modern management capabilities with traditional and hybrid IT environments. The integration is designed to accelerate the automation and cohesion between cloud-native clusters, VMs and traditional infrastructure with streamlined tooling and coordination. RELATED TOPICS: Red Hat to … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: TriggerMesh funding, Motorola Solutions acquires Openpath, and Cobalt Iron adds AWS support
Integration platform TriggerMesh has announced that it received a $5 million investment from Cisco Investments. It will use the funding to increase marketing, sales, and product delivery initiatives. “We are excited to collaborate with Cisco to bring integration into the cloud-native era,” said Mark R. Hinkle, CEO and co-founder of TriggerMesh. “Cisco has a footprint … continue reading
