Topic: container
Trend Micro unveils new cloud container security capabilities
Trend Micro has introduced enhanced container security features for its main endpoint security platform, focusing on providing comprehensive protection, detection, and response for secure digital transformation. Trend Vision One Container Security’s capabilities allow analysts to expedite and improve incident prioritization, potentially reducing the time spent on container security incidents by up to two weeks, the … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Oras
ORAS (OCI Registry As Storage) handles OCI (Open Container Initiative) Artifacts. It doesn’t assume that container images are the main artifacts and places significant importance on media types. ORAS offers CLI tools and client libraries, enabling the distribution of artifacts across OCI-compliant registries. “Registries are evolving as generic artifact stores. To enable this goal, the … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: werf
Werf is a CNCF Sandbox cross-platform CLI tool that makes it easy to apply best-practice full-cycle CI/CD to Kubernetes. This tool integrates into your CI system, utilizing popular and dependable technologies like Git, Dockerfile, Helm, and Buildah. It was initially created in Kubernetes Certified Service Provider Flant to serve as a tool to automate the … continue reading
JFrog announces JFrog Connect for managing IoT devices
JFrog today announced Connect, a solution designed to help developers update, manage, monitor, and secure remote Linux and IoT devices at scale that is a fully integrated part of the JFrog Platform. Organizations can fully automate DevSecOps activities across hundreds of thousands of devices using a consistent operational model and intuitive user interface across cloud, … continue reading
Solo.io expands Gloo Mesh with Cilium integration
Solo.io announced the integration of Cilium networking into its Gloo Mesh platform to provide a complete application-networking solution for companies’ cloud-native digital transformation efforts. Now, the product portfolio unites Cilium, the open-source container-networking solution, with the service mesh Istio. “We know most companies have a wide range of applications that require different networking layers, services, … continue reading
VMware announces new container runtime security capabilities
VMware unveiled new container runtime security capabilities to provide end-to-end security for cloud-native applications. The new capabilities aim to target the security challenges of containerized applications including how to allow only legitimate traffic in and how to enable least-privileged communications between services and defend against the lateral movement of attackers, according to the company. “Protecting … continue reading
Rancher Desktop 1.0.0 is now generally available
Rancher Desktop 1.0.0, the open-source app for desktop Kubernetes and container management on Mac, Windows and Linux is now available from SUSE, which acquired Rancher in 2020. Rancher Desktop provides Kubernetes, using the k3s distribution at the version of a user’s choice, which enables users to set up a local Kubernetes environment using the same … continue reading
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
Red Hat software now available on IBM Power Systems
IBM announced the availability of Red Hat software on IBM Power Systems and new IBM Power Systems hardware. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power Virtual Server leverages OpenShift’s bare metal installer, Red Hat Runtimes, and newly certified Red Hat Ansible Content Collections. Also, the new IBM Private Cloud Rack Solution provides clients with an optimized, … continue reading
Rapid7 acquires Kubernetes security provider Alcide
Rapid7 acquired the Kubernetes provider Alcide to help its customers rapidly adopt and secure cloud environments. Alcide provides Kubernetes security fully integrated into the DevOps lifecycle and processes so that business applications can be rapidly deployed while also protecting cloud environments from malicious attacks, according to Brian Johnson, the SVP of Cloud Security Practice at … continue reading
Report: Container security is shifting left
A recent survey has revealed that container security is shifting left with 74% of organizations scanning container images during the build process. Unfortunately, the report also revealed that the majority of container images are overly permissive. According to Sysdig’s fourth annual Sysdig Container Security and Usage report, 58% of containers analyzed were running as a … continue reading
StorageOS V2.0 launched to run stateful workloads with Kubernetes at scale
StorageOS announced V2.0 of its software-defined, persistent storage for Kubernetes. Now, by deploying a StorageOS container, enterprises can run stateful workloads with Kubernetes in production at scale. “Trends in the cloud-native market have shown that users want to run hyper-converged and/or multiple-cluster Kubernetes environments with the underlying storage to support cloud-native workflows and stateful applications,” … continue reading
