Expel Tackles Cloud Threats With MDR for Kubernetes

Expel
unveiled
its

Managed
Detection
and
Response
for
Kubernetes
offering
this
week.
With
Expel
MDR
for
Kubernetes,
security
teams
can
quickly
detect
and
respond
to
security
risks
in
their
Kubernetes
environments
without
slowing
down
the
DevOps
teams.

Kubernetes
is
an
open
source
orchestration
system
that
relies
on
containers
to
automate
the
deployment,
scaling,
and
management
of
applications
in
cloud
environments.
The
overall
container
application
market
is
expected
to
grow
to
$12
billion
by
2028,
with
Kubernetes
driving
the
majority
of
spending,
according
to
KBV
Research.

Security
teams
have
to
recognize
that
the
shift
to
Kubernetes
comes
with
a

new
set
of
security
challenges.
Misconfigurations
(53%)
and
major
vulnerabilities
(38%)
are
the
two
top
security
incidents
affecting
Kubernetes
environments,
according
to
Red
Hat’s

2022
State
of
Kubernetes
Security
report.
Security
teams
are
struggling
with
challenges
specific
to
Kubernetes,
including
a
lack
of
security
knowledge
about
containers
and
Kubernetes,
inadequate
security
tooling,
and
being
unable
to
keep
up
with
DevOps
teams.

With
Expel
MDR,
organizations
can
secure
their
business
across
their
Kubernetes
environment
and
adopt
new
technologies
at
scale,
Expel
said
in
a
statement.
Because
the
new
offering
aligns
to
MITRE
ATT&CK
framework,
security
teams
can
quickly
remediate
issues
and
build
resilience
into
their
networks.

To
help
organizations
stay
ahead
of
pervasive
misconfigurations,
Expel’s
offering
identifies

cluster
misconfigurations
and
references
the
Center
for
Internet
Security
(CIS)

Kubernetes
benchmark
when
making
recommendations
on
configuration
improvements.
Expel
MDR
integrates
with
Amazon
Elastic
Kubernetes
Service
(EKS)
and
Google
Kubernetes
Engine
(GKE)
infrastructure
to
analyze
audit
logs
and
apply
custom
detection
to
alert
on
malicious
activity.
Finally,
the
MDR
platform
integrates
with
a
runtime
container
security
vendor
to
get
better
security
insights
regarding
the
devices
the
users
are
using
—
a
necessity
in
“Bring
Your
Own
Tech”
shops,
Expel
said.

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About Author

AndyC

Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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