Learn about Kubernetes compliance challenges, consequences of non-compliance, and get guidance on maintaining a secure and compliant cloud environment in a dynamic Kubernetes setup. Kubernetes is a leading open-source platform for automating containerized applications’ deployment, scaling, and management. With the growing adoption of cloud, hybrid, and multicloud environments, the topic of Kubernetes compliance has become increasingly pertinent.

What if a malicious threat actor would want to get into the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) network. Could they do it? You may think this only happens in the movies, right? In this case, reality surpassed fiction. On Dec.20, 2018, the APT10 Group did exactly that. Members of APT10 stole personal, confidential information, including social security numbers and dates of birth, from over 100,000 Navy personnel.

If you blinked, you might have missed it… On October 25th 2022, the new standard for the Information Security Management System, ISO27001 was released. Without fuss, and without fanfare. But, to quote a famous movie, “There was a great disturbance in the force.” ISO27001 is possibly one of the world's best-known standards for Information Security Management because it has broken out of the realms of the cybersecurity industry and into the world of business.

Today, many organizations are governed by various types of industry regulations. To name a few: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These regulations are subject to regular and complex amendments, and many compliance officers expect proactive compliance from every regulated company.

PCI 4.0 — the PCI Standards Security Council’s first update since 2018 to the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) — is a major iteration that shifts away from the traditional point-in-time assessment. Do you remember how an auditor would annually determine the PCI compliance status of a merchant’s or service provider’s system on a specific day in a specific month and assume — somehow — that the snapshot characterized their status all year?

HIPAA is a legal healthcare privacy standard passed into law by the Clinton administration. The law standardized how private healthcare information had to be protected and stored by hospitals. In its earliest years of inception, these rules were straightforward. Things have changed considerably. With the digitalization of healthcare records, it’s now easier than ever for patients and hospitals to access records, but it’s also easier for bad actors.

California Consumer Privacy Act is a data privacy regulation introduced to protect the privacy of personal data and uphold the rights of consumers. So, it is an obligation for organizations to achieve and maintain CCPA Compliance if they are dealing with the personal data of citizens of California. However, now CCPA will soon be replaced with the latest version which is known as the California Privacy Right Act (CPRA).