Security News > 2020 > December > Cloud-native benefits stifled by critical security and networking issues

"Cloud-native is no longer just a bold new idea for most organizations, it's a reality. Enterprises have increasingly adopted cloud-native apps over the past couple years to achieve faster development cycles, greater scalability and less vendor lock-in. But their DevOps and NetOps teams are facing some serious security and networking hurdles they just didn't anticipate," said Mark Weiner, CMO, Volterra.

While over half of organizations are using Kubernetes in some capacity, security and networking challenges are preventing them from using Kubernetes widely across business apps, with only 10% of organizations running half or more of their business apps on it.

"As the modern app environment has changed, the challenges have changed too. Cloud-native apps involve lots of complex moving parts - namely APIs and microservices, as well as containers - that cause significant security and networking challenges, which most organizations are not equipped to overcome," said Weiner.

"The only way to solve the problems associated with modern cloud-native apps is with equally cloud-native infrastructure. A distributed cloud platform is the best option to provide that modern infrastructure."

"The right platform should provide a comprehensive security and networking stack that includes all the tools needed for deploying, connecting and protecting these apps, enabling organizations to support even their most critical business apps in a cloud-native environment."

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