Security News > 2021 > September > Securing Kubernetes as it becomes mainstream

In this interview with Help Net Security, Shauli Rozen, CEO at ARMO, talks about securing Kubernetes systems, what makes them susceptible to cyberattacks and what should organizations expect when deploying them.

High value targets - as Kubernetes becomes more mainstream, used by more companies, in more environments, it is now placed in places with high value, it is no longer just in a small workload somewhere, a test application, or a "Software playground" - it is right there in the core of production environment and in an extremely fast rising number of organizations.

In its Spring 2021 report on the state of Kubernetes security, RedHat notes that 94% of survey respondents had experienced a security incident in their Kubernetes environment.

The first advice I would give a company building a process of securing Kubernetes is this: let the people who know the ins and outs of Kubernetes be in charge of the process.

Managed Kubernetes puts much of that burden on the managed Kubernetes supplier and lets you, as an organization, focus on your workloads rather than the infrastructure.

I believe the most dramatic impact on the security of Kubernetes will not be technical, but behavioral, as Kubernetes becomes more mainstream the configurations of clusters will go through more scrutiny, developers, DevOps and architects will be more aware of the potential risks they can add to the system.

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