StackRox Announces New Capabilities in Its Kubernetes Security Platform to Increase Protection of Kubernetes Applications
Thursday, August 29, 2019
New deployment and runtime controls enhance the ability of DevOps and security teams to protect their container and Kubernetes environments
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- StackRox, the leader in security for containers and Kubernetes, announced the general availability of version 2.5 of the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform. The new version includes enhanced deployment and runtime controls that enable organizations to seamlessly enforce security controls to improve use cases including vulnerability management, network segmentation, configuration management, and threat detection.
These security controls further strengthen StackRox's position as the only Kubernetes-native container security platform that leverages inherent Kubernetes capabilities for policy enforcement. With StackRox, organizations can increasingly adopt a "security as code" model and ensure that security is built in to the infrastructure versus bolted on.
"A big advantage of working with StackRox has been the company's ability to iterate fast and deliver new security capabilities frequently and consistently," said Pratyus Patnaik, co-founder and CTO of Spoke. "The StackRox approach of leveraging controls native to Kubernetes lets us build security directly into the infrastructures we're already running instead of deploying separate controls that could compromise performance or uptime on our SaaS platform. We value the new techniques for hardening our environment delivered in this latest release, helping us prevent the creation or deployment of misconfigured assets."
The enhanced security controls available in version 2.5 of the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform include:
-- Kubernetes Network Policy Generator -- StackRox automatically baselines
network activity, identifies allowed but unnecessary network
connectivity, and updates Kubernetes network policies to achieve more
secure network configurations.
-- Automated Process Whitelisting -- StackRox leverages machine learning to
baseline process activity within containers, automatically identify
anomalous processes that operators can selectively whitelist, and can
take specified action to prevent threats at runtime.
-- Dynamic Admission Control -- StackRox can be optimized to provide a
Kubernetes admission controller so organizations can prevent the
deployment of containers based on pre-configured or custom policies set
within StackRox.
-- Kubernetes RBAC Assessment -- StackRox analyzes Kubernetes Role-Based
Access Control (RBAC) settings to understand user and service account
privileges and applies this context to determine misconfigurations,
identify best practice violations, inform risk assessment, and check
compliance with industry standards and custom policies.
-- Scoped Access Control -- StackRox enhancements to role-based access
control (RBAC) features allow organizations to manage and limit user
access based on Kubernetes boundaries such as clusters and namespaces.
-- Improved Offline Deployment -- StackRox now includes additional features
for customers running in air-gapped networks with no Internet
connectivity, including custom security notices, offline vulnerability
definition updates, and a streamlined deployment experience.
"Kubernetes provides the ideal foundation for us to provide robust, portable, and consistent security across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments without creating additional operational risk," said Wei Lien Dang, co-founder and vice president of product at StackRox. "We're able to support our customers' needs for new security controls that are aligned with DevOps workflows and toolchains and are easy to implement at scale."
These new security capabilities are available in the current release of the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform.
Related resources:
11 tips to operationalizing Kubernetes Admission Controllers
Kubernetes security 101
Guide to Kubernetes network policies
About StackRox
StackRox helps enterprises secure their containers and Kubernetes environments at scale. StackRox delivers the industry's first and only Kubernetes-native container security platform that enables security and DevOps teams to operationalize security and compliance policies across the entire container life cycle, from build to deploy to runtime. StackRox customers span cloud-native companies, Global 2000 enterprises, and government agencies. StackRox is privately held, with headquarters in Mountain View, CA. To learn more, visit www.stackrox.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Press Contact
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Lumina Communications
646-741-8358
stackrox@luminapr.com
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