New research shows 97% still unaware of crucial container security principles that underline the urgency for runtime controls
Aqua Security released the results of its 2021 Cloud Native Security Survey revealing the knowledge gap around runtime security and the associated risks. The study found that only 3% of respondents recognize that a container, in and of itself, is not a security boundary, indicating that the default security capabilities of containers are overestimated. This result is especially alarming in conjunction with the fact that only 24% of respondents have plans in place to deploy the necessary building blocks for runtime security.
Vishal Jain, Co-Founder and CTO at Valtix, says, "The Aqua Security report clearly shows the importance of network based ingress and egress security for container clusters. It is well known that container security boundaries are only enforced in the software (OS) as opposed to VMs, where they are enforced all the way down in processor hardware. A layered defense approach is critical. This is why it is important to deploy network based ingress and egress controls for container clusters to look for suspicious activity from nodes with compromised containers."