Written by: Vikram Navali, Senior Technical Product Manager - As more enterprises adopt a containerized approach for applications, the need for protecting containers becomes crucial. Container environments are a computing option that provides virtualization for microservice-based applications regardless of whether the target environment is a private data...
According to an Attivo survey of security professionals conducted late last year, the cloud attack surface was the single greatest threat to enterprises. And a survey released earlier this year by Kansas-based security vendor Firemon revealed that 60% of those surveyed said their cloud deployments...
Chris Roberts, an adviser at Attivo Networks, concurs that role-based access control (RBAC) must be enabled for robust Kubernetes security, and adds that many elements of a strong security posture remain relevant in container environments: Good policies, procedures, and controls at the user, application, and network...
Misconfigurations – which in some cases may be a matter of simply not paying attention to configurations – will be a considerable source of risk as more organizations deploy containerized applications to production environments, according to Chris Roberts, an advisor at Attivo Networks. “How many of...
Attivo's ThreatDefend deception platform can now enable organizations to create decoy containers and serverless functions, in an attempt to trap attackers. As organizations begin to embrace container and serverless technologies, there is a corresponding need to secure those deployment models. On Sept. 24, Attivo Networks...