Kubernetes has revolutionized container orchestration, becoming the go-to platform for managing containerized workloads at scale. However, with its growing popularity, the complexity of managing role-based access control (RBAC) on Day 2 and especially in a multi-cluster environment has become a daunting task. DevOps, SRE, and Platform teams are responsible for multiple clusters and different teams.

In the evolving landscape of technology, cloud agnosticism has seen increasing traction. This refers to the ability to design and deploy applications seamlessly on any cloud platform, whether that be AWS, GCP, Azure, or others. Cloud agnosticism is essentially a design principle that advocates for flexibility, portability, and interoperability, allowing organizations to use multiple cloud providers without being tied to the services or infrastructure of any single one.

As you begin developing your application to get services in front of your customers, you will notice a lot of processes and contributors are involved—from development to production. All of these processes and people are part of the “software supply chain.” It goes without saying that your software supply chain plays a crucial role in ensuring your business’s success.

GitOps can be a powerful means of achieving continuous compliance in Kubernetes deployments. It provides transparency for any changes made to your infrastructure, along with the ability to trace and audit these changes. In this article, we will discuss how GitOps can enhance security and ensure compliance in Kubernetes deployments. We will also discuss potential security threats that GitOps could introduce into a Kubernetes infrastructure.

While Kubernetes adoption continues to soar, it has become a prime target for cyberattacks. Unfortunately, Kubernetes clusters are complex and can be difficult to secure. Safeguarding your Kubernetes environment requires a solid understanding of the common attack chains that pose a threat to your infrastructure. In this blog post, we dig into the top attack chains that target Kubernetes, shedding light on the risks and offering valuable insights to bolster your defenses.

According to research done by ARMO, 100% of Kubernetes clusters that were tested contained at least one misconfiguration, while 65% had at least one high-severity misconfiguration. 50% of clusters had 14 or more failed security controls. According to Redhat research from 2023, 45% of respondents experienced security incidents or issues related to containers and/or Kubernetes due to misconfigurations.

Three security issues were reported on October 27th by the Kubernetes security community, all of them related to the popular NGINX ingress component.

In today’s world of limited time, we need to be laser-focused on our priorities. This goes double for mission-critical activities, like cybersecurity. We want to prioritize fixing the issues that have the most significant impact on our security posture. An attack path is like a roadmap for attackers, outlining the steps they can take to exploit security weaknesses.

Kubernetes is an open-source platform for governing clusters of containerized application services. Kubernetes automates the vital aspects of container lifecycle management, including scaling, replication, monitoring, and scheduling. The central component of Kubernetes is a cluster, which is itself made up of multiple physical or virtual machines.

Kubernetes is a container orchestration tool that helps with the deployment and management of containers. Within Kubernetes, a container runs logically in a pod, which can be represented as one instance of a running service. Pods are ephemeral and not self-healing, which makes them fragile. They can go down when an interruption occurs on the server, during a brief network problem, or due to a minimal memory issue—and it can bring down your entire application with it.