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Feb 01, 2021 Its not an exaggeration to say that Kubernetes security affects just about everybody, given the explosive growth in the use of Kubernetes over the past few years. The 2020 Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) survey found that 92% of responding organizations use Kubernetes in production. This paper highlights the key considerations and best practices for Kubernetes security and discusses a comprehensive approach to helping teams secure their Kubernetes systems. In this paper, y...

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Open Policy Agent Graduation The cloud native policy enforcement engine is used in production by organizations like Goldman Sachs, Netflix, Pinterest, and T-Mobile News provided by Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced the graduation of Open Policy Agent (OPA). OPA has demonstrated widespread adopt...

Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda answers 2 key questions Kubernetes co-creator wants container orchestration software to be as ‘boring’ as Linux kernel and easier to configure as we move into the next phase of adoption Credit: VMware The co-creator of Kubernetes, Joe Beda, has admitted that the container orchestration tool continues to be tricky to learn and that community efforts should focus on making the technology as “boring” as the Linux kernel to drive the next wave of...

Group aims to represent the voice of the user Tim Anderson Tue 2 Feb 2021 // 10:07 UTC Share Copy The Linkerd project, a lightweight service mesh for Kubernetes, has formed a steering committee as it competes for developer attention with Google-sponsored Istio as well as other projects. A service mesh adds essential features like traffic management, observability, and network security to microservices running on Kubernetes. Linkerd is implemented in Rust and its original...

Rapid7 Buys Kubernetes Security Startup Alcide For $50M Alcide’s cloud workload protection platform provides visibility and governance, container runtime and network monitoring, and can also detect, audit and investigate known and unknown security threats. By Michael Novinson February 01, 2021, 11:04 AM EST Rapid7 has purchased early stage Kubernetes security vendor Alcide to help facilitate the rapid deployment of applications while also protecting cloud env...

(Unsplash) Keeping up with todays new technologies and the slew of products and services introduced to support them is a daunting task. Here is a brief list of some networking and infrastructure news of the week to help you navigate the choices. Send your news to . Red Hat launched new data resilience capabilities for cloud-native workloads with the release of Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6. This new offering from Red Hat Data Services lets users extend their existing data protection ...

Open Source Insider Latest Blog Posts Related Content Covid-19 and the art and science of data visualisation CIO interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and omni-channel officer, Pandora Download Current Issue The maintainers of Linkerd, a lightweight service mesh have announced the creation of the Linkerd Steering Committee.  As TechTarget reminds us, a service mesh is a dedicated infrastructure layer that controls service-to-service communication over a network. It provides a method...

Longhorn extends Kubernetes-native storage capabilities to support edge deployments When used with Rancher, the latest Longhorn release allows DevOps teams to manage persistent data volumes from core to cloud to edge NUREMBERG, Germany, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE, a global leader in true open source innovation and owner of the Rancher container management platform, today celebrates the release of Longhorn 1.1. Longhorn has been a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox project ...

How Kubernetes Could Underpin Edge Computing Platforms The container orchestration engine has potential as an edge solution, but much is left to be solved before it can become one. By now, you’ve likely heard all about how Kubernetes can simplify the deployment of applications at scale in traditional on-prem and cloud environments. But what about edge architectures that combine central data centers with workloads hosted at edge locations that are closer to end-users? Can Kubernetes unde...

Buoyant Wins Tech Ascension Award Recognizing Linkerd Service Mesh as Best Open Source DevOps Tool of 2020 News provided by Share this article Buoyant, the creators of Linkerd, today announced that Linkerd was named the Best Open Source DevOps Tool of 2020 by the Tech Ascension Awards. This award recognizes the ability of Linkerd to address a core challenge faced by engineers building modern "cloud native" applications: adding and maintaining critical security, reliability, and observability ...