Securing Kubernetes in the enterprise [Q&A]

As more organizations scale up containerized workloads they’re also facing increasing security and compliance challenges. Kim McMahon part of the leadership team at Sidero Labs to discuss the vulnerabilities enterprises are encountering when scaling up Kubernetes on traditional operating systems and what they can do to counter them. BN: What security vulnerabilities are enterprises coming up against as they scale Kubernetes on traditional operating systems? KM: Scaling Kubernetes on traditional operating systems is essentially building cloud-native infrastructure on a foundation that wasn’t designed for it. The biggest vulnerability is the massive attack surface. Traditional OSes have 2,000-3,000 binaries, compared to… [Continue Reading]