Cloud and container technologies are being increasingly embraced by organizations around the globe because of the efficiency, superior visibility, and control they provide to DevOps and IT teams.
While DevOps teams see the benefits of cloud and container solutions, these tools create a learning curve for their security colleagues. Because of this, security teams often want to slow down adoption while they figure out a strategy for maintaining security and compliance in these new fast-moving environments.
Container and Kubernetes (K8s) environments are already fairly complex as it is, and layering multiple additional security tools into the mix makes it even more challenging from a management perspective. Organizations need to find a way to enable their DevOps teams to move quickly and take advantage of the benefits of containers and K8s, while staying within the parameters the security team needs to maintain compliance with organizational policy.
This challenge goes beyond technology. These teams need to find a solution that allows them to work together well, doesn't over-complicate their working relationship, and lets both sides get what they want with minimal overhead.
A holistic approach to Kubernetes security
As an open-source container orchestration system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, Kubernetes is extremely powerful. However, organizations must carefully balance their eagerness to embrace the dynamic, self-service nature of Kubernetes with the real-life need to manage and mitigate security and compliance risk.
Rapid7's recent introduction of InsightCloudSec intelligently unifies both CSPM and CWPP functionalities, thus enabling a holistic approach for protecting valuable assets in the cloud — one that includes Kubernetes and workload security.
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