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Kubernetes Security: The State of the Union - a Virtual Panel
InfoQ caught up with experts Scott Coulton, cloud developer advocate at Microsoft, Liz Rice, VP of open source engineering at Aqua Security, Gareth Rushgrove, director of product management at Snyk, Maya Kaczorowski, product manager for security and privacy at Google Cloud and Kirsten Newcomer, senior principal product manager at Redhat about the state of the union of Kubernetes security.
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What Is Account Creation Fraud? Complete Guide to Detection and Prevention
In this article, we'll take a look at the re-emergence of account creation fraud, and how this type of attack works. Then we'll turn our attention to the impact that this is already having on the way that companies secure their identity management systems, the effects of security measures like virtual private networks (VPN) and password managers, along with what the future will bring.
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The Open Application Model from Alibaba’s Perspective
Alibaba co-announced the Open Application Model (OAM) with Microsoft on October 17th. OAM is a specification for describing application as well as its operational capabilities so that the application definition is separated from the details of how the application is deployed and managed.
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The Future of Spring Cloud's Hystrix Project
The Spring Cloud Hystrix Project was built on top of the similarly-named Netflix project. The latter has recently been placed into maintenance mode, leaving Java developers wondering where to migrate to. The Resilience4j project aims to fill that gap and provide continuity for cloud native Java projects.
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Quarkus, a Kubernetes Native Java Framework, Reaches Version 1.0: Q&A with Thomas Qvarnstrom
Quarkus, a Kubernetes native Java framework tailored for GraalVM and OpenJDK HotSpot, has reached version 1.0. Quarkus is an Open Source stack for writing Java applications, offering unparalleled startup time, memory footprint and developer experience. InfoQ spoke with Thomas Qvarnstrom, senior principal product manager at Red Hat, in order to learn about the Quarkus journey, extensions, and more.
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Adoption of Cloud-Native Architecture, Part 1: Architecture Evolution and Maturity
In this article, authors Srini Penchikala and Marcio Esteves discuss what organizations should assess when adopting cloud native architectures for hosting their applications on cloud. It focuses on architecture hosting models. They also discuss how architecture patterns like microservices, containers, serverless, and service mesh can help with organizational adoption of cloud native solutions.
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Newly Announced Ecstasy Programming Language Targets Cloud-Native Computing
Ecstasy has been co-created by former Tangosol founders Cameron Purdy and Gene Gleyzer, and they recently showcased the language at CloudNative London 2019. InfoQ got together with Purdy to ask some questions about the language and the problems it’s designed to solve.
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DevOps and Cloud as Catalysts for Business Performance
The 2019 Accelerate State of DevOps presents the capabilities and practices that contribute to software development and organizational performance. This year, DevOps has crossed the chiasm, while a well-implemented cloud computing strategy helps deliver superior results contributing to speed, stability, and availability.
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Containers in 2019: They're Calling it a [Hypervisor] Comeback
The 2019 news cycle within the "cloud native" corner of the world has been abuzz with a word previously thought outmoded by the rapid rise of containers: “hypervisor.” This article explores the motivations behind this, focusing on security, user experience, and isolation flexibility, and concludes by speculating on the future direction of development within the cloud and container industry.
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Using Docker Application Packages to Deliver Apps across Teams
In this article, we will look at how the CNAB packaging format provides application providers and developers with a way of installing a multi-component application into a distributed computing environment, supporting many executable units, and makes it easy to deliver apps across teams, organizations and marketplaces.
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Improving Security Practices in the Cloud Age: Q&A With Christopher Gerg
IT leaders say that security is a top priority. Surveys show that it’s easy to say, and hard to do. InfoQ spoke with Christopher Gerg, CISO at Gillware, about security practices in the cloud age.
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Implementing Policies in Kubernetes
The author explains what Kubernetes policies are, and how they can help you manage and secure the Kubernetes cluster. We will also look at why we need a policy engine to author and manage policies.