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CircleCI Raises $100M to Grow CI/CD, Expand DevOps Insights

Source:-itprotoday.com The DevOps vendor rolls out new capabilities to help developer efficiency as well as application development and deployment. The cornerstone of modern DevOps practices is the integration of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) platforms into the development pipeline. There are multiple tools and vendors in the CI/CD space, among them being CircleCI, which is experiencing growth thanks to the expanding need for faster development. On April 7, CircleCI announced that it has raised $100 million in a Series E round

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The four secrets of building a great DevOps team

Source:-diginomica.com Lately I’ve been on lots of Zoom calls — perhaps you have too? As we’ve rolled into the second month of lockdown (for some of us) those calls now regularly turn to what’s next and the bigger picture: how we will work and what our teams will look like in the future? We all want to build, and be part of, teams that deliver excellent software. We want a growth culture and to help our business reach its objectives.

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New Tool for Kubernetes Shifts Security Left

Source:-adtmag.com Alcide, an Israel-based provider of Kubernetes security solutions, today released a new command-line tool designed to allow developers, DevOps pros and Kubernetes app builders to scan their Kubernetes configuration and deployment files as part of their app development process, and to deploy it into their continuous integration (CI) pipelines. Called sKan, the tool is free, open source and available now from the company Web site. Effectively, the new tool provides “a software translation of DevSecOps culture” and shifts security

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Cloud Foundry Changes Captains, Keeps Sites on Kubernetes

Source:-sdxcentral.com The Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF) has changed leadership with CTO Chip Childers taking over the executive director position from Abby Kearns. The move also comes with an increased focus by CFF on integrating the Kubernetes ecosystem into the Cloud Foundry stable of curated platforms. Chip Childers said in an interview with SDxCentral that the transition is “a great moment in time” where the group has the opportunity to become “very laser focused on the most important aspects of what

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Will the Pandemic Propel DevSecOps? Snyk Says Yes

Source:-sdxcentral.com Now is a great time to start a bug bounty program, says Guy Podjarny, founder and president of Snyk, a security startup that helps developers find vulnerabilities in open source code and Kubernetes-based applications. A lot of developers are working from home these days because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So why not pay them to find flaws in your software that you can fix before the hackers exploit these vulnerabilities to steal company data — or worse. “There’s actually

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Amazon’s Detective will help you investigate your cloud computing security mysteries

Source:-zdnet.com AWS is making the tool more widely available, to help security analysts find the root cause of cloud incidents a lot faster. Amazon’s cloud services business AWS has announced that security tool Amazon Detective, which uses machine learning to help visualize anomalies in customers’ resources, is now generally available. Launched as a preview at last year’s re:Invent event, the feature is likely to put an end to many security team’s woes. Amazon Detective collects large quantities of AWS log

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Ensuring a Smooth Kubernetes Deployment

Source:-containerjournal.com It’s not hyperbole to say that Kubernetes is a game-changer for developers and DevOps teams. At full power, it has the capacity to impart significant efficiency and stability that has a tangible impact on a company’s bottom line. However, as is often said, “Nothing good ever came easy.” Many of us know that Kubernetes is inherently complex. Unfortunately, this complexity can lead to oversights that can cause major security issues. Thankfully, with the right procedures in place and a

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Comparing Three Approaches to Multi-Cloud Security Management

Source:-devops.com Moving to a multi-cloud environment can bring many advantages, but it also brings huge challenges in managing both the everyday operations and security of multi-cloud infrastructures. To meet these challenges, several approaches to multi-cloud management have arisen. The most common can be roughly grouped into three categories: Cloud Management Platforms (CMPs), Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud-native abstraction. The differences between these approaches reflect the differences between top-down and bottom-up cloud management, as each management process suits a different

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Palo Alto Networks aims to secure DevOps workflows with new Prisma Cloud release

Source:-siliconangle.com Palo Alto Networks Inc. today debuted a new release of Prisma Cloud, its cloud security platform, that adds features for blocking vulnerabilities during the application development and deployment process. Prisma Cloud combines several different technologies that Palo Alto Networks obtained through a recent startup acquisition spree. The company shelled out more than $1 billion on acquisitions in 2019 alone. Palo Alto Networks is introducing a policy engine for securing continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines. CI/CD pipelines are automated workflows that

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Kubernetes Security: Key Factors to Consider

Source:-containerjournal.com Here are six ways organizations can increase their Kubernetes security Containers and Kubernetes adoption have been phenomenal in the last year. According to the recently published CNCF report, container adoption has jumped to 84%, with Kubernetes being adopted by 78% of respondents to orchestrate those containers. However, there are security concerns regarding containers and Kubernetes. As StackRox’s ‘The State of Container and Kubernetes Security Report 2020″ notes, Kubernetes and container security have become pain points for technical leaders and

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Kubernetes Security Leader Alcide Simplifies PCI and GDPR K8s Compliance for DevOps and Security Teams

Source:-aithority.com Alcide the Kubernetes security leader empowering DevSecOps teams with end-to-end continuous security guardrails for Kubernetes deployments, announced that the Alcide Kubernetes Security Platform now supports compliance scans for PCI and GDPR, enabling DevOps to deliver regulatory compliance checks rapidly and seamlessly alongside Alcide’s leading Kubernetes security capabilities. Gartner predicts that distributed cloud solutions will be a strategic technology trend in 2020. As such, companies will need tools that are purpose built to solve security and compliance challenges such as

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DevSecOps Market Competitive Outlook | IBM, Splunk, Chef Software, Puppet, Amazon, CA Technologies, Qualys, and others

Source:-openpr.com DevSecOps Market report is a synopsis of the current status for ICT industry. It explains DevSecOps Market definition, classifications, applications, engagements, and market trends while focusing on the significant key players and key brands responsible for driving the DevSecOps Market by their joint ventures, mergers, product launches, and accusations. According to Infoholic Research, the global DevSecOps market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 33.7% during the forecast period 2020-2025. The rising security breaches, awareness about DevSecOps platforms,

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Kubernetes Security Plagued by Human Error, Misconfigs

Source:-sdxcentral.com Container orchestration is hard enough — yes, we’re looking at you Kubernetes — but properly securing container and Kubernetes environments catapults deployment into another universe of complexity. Findings from StackRox’s latest “State of Container and Kubernetes Security Report” indicate that human error and misconfigurations are the primary culprits for Kubernetes security snafus. Assisted by research and advisory firm 451 Research, StackRox polled more than 540 Kubernetes and container users across IT security, DevOps, engineering, and product roles. The survey

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Container and Kubernetes Security Market Anticipated to Grow at a Significant Pace by 2026| Aqua Security (Israel), Alert Logic (US), Anchore (US)

Source:-nysenasdaqlive.com Los Angles United States, February 2020: The Container and Kubernetes Security market has been garnering remarkable momentum in the recent years. The steadily escalating demand due to improving purchasing power is projected to bode well for the global market. QY Research’s latest publication, Titled “[Container and Kubernetes Security Market Research Report 2020]”, offers an insightful take on the drivers and restraints present in the market. It assesses the historical data pertaining to the Container and Kubernetes Security market and

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ZeroNorth Demonstrates the Path to Secure DevOps at RSA Conference 2020

Source:-finance.yahoo.com ZeroNorth, the first provider of risk-based vulnerability orchestration for applications and infrastructure, today announced it will demonstrate the capabilities of its platform at RSA Conference 2020, February 24-28, in San Francisco, CA. At the ZeroNorth booth, #5360 in Expo Hall North, attendees can see full platform demos, gain insight into the true cost of vulnerability discovery programs through the company’s new TCO calculator and learn how they can participate in a partner challenge ZeroNorth is sponsoring during the event.

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Do you really need Kubernetes?

Source:-itworld.com Is Kubernetes the perfect defense against cloud lock-in, or a needlessly complex solution to a problem nobody has? Oh, sure, Kubernetes is all the rage and of course you need one. Maybe three! But if you ever stop to think, “Why Kubernetes?”, as Paul Johnston did, well, expect lots (and lots) of opinions. One of the primary reasons IT professionals cite for embracing Kubernetes is to reduce lock-in by ensuring portability between clouds. This turns out to be better

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3 tips to keep Kubernetes safe at scale

Source:-techrepublic.com As more companies adopt and scale their Kubernetes systems, security has to be a major point of interest. Kubernetes containers are now highly prevalent in multi-cloud environments and are being deployed widely across a variety of industries. In a survey last year, vice president of product marketing for Sumo Logic Kalyan Ramanathan wrote that the open-source container operating system was “dramatically reshaping the future of the modern application stack.” KubeCon 2019, a Kubernetes conference in November 2019, drew more

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Amazon wants Trump to testify on ‘order to screw Amazon’ in Pentagon deal

Source:-reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president was trying “to screw Amazon” when the Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) The Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) unit alleged that Trump, who has publicly derided Amazon head Jeff Bezos and repeatedly criticized the company, exerted undue influence on the decision to deny it the

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From DevOps to MLOps: The evolution of DevOps

Source:-itproportal.com Luca Ravazzolo explains how the evolution of DevOps is likely to continue, with potential far beyond its current form. The introduction of DevOps has had a profound effect on developers and the IT industry, completely changing mindsets with concepts like continuous integration and continuous delivery now much more commonplace. Over the last few years, DevOps has matured, becoming more mainstream and widely adopted, and this has led to a gradual evolution of the approach. During this time, DevOps has

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Retail software firm takes broad view of Kubernetes security

Source:-searchitoperations.techtarget.com Kubernetes platform security has supplanted container-level security for enterprises such as retail software vendor Aptos as they deploy microservices in production. Kubernetes security has become the focal point for protecting cloud-native workloads among enterprises as they deploy containers and microservices in production. Initially, container security specialists such as Aqua, Twistlock and StackRox focused on scanning container images within the DevOps pipeline, then added container runtime scans for live production environments through agents deployed on individual hosts. More recently, however,

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