NeuVector, the leader
in Kubernetes security delivering the first and only multi-vector container
firewall, and Alibaba Cloud, the
cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, today announced a new partnership to
strengthen Kubernetes security for enterprise customers. Alibaba Cloud has
recently launched its Container
Service for Kubernetes to help users deploy containers more easily and
securely, and the service is now utilizing NeuVector's technology to provide
specialized security for Kubernetes containers.
Alibaba Cloud's Container Service for Kubernetes is a fully-managed solution
that enables organizations to focus on building their applications rather than
constantly managing and optimizing container infrastructure. Importantly, the
service provides high-performance, flexible, and enterprise-grade management of
Kubernetes containerized applications throughout the entire application
lifecycle. Container Service for Kubernetes simplifies cluster creation and
expansion, and integrates Alibaba Cloud capabilities in virtualization,
storage, network, and security to provide a markedly improved running
environment for Kubernetes-containerized applications.
Kubernetes container deployments can be threatened from both new attack vectors
and traditional ones, leaving them particularly vulnerable to hackers, data
theft, ransomware, crypto mining, and other dangers. To consistently protect
against these attacks, the NeuVector container security
platform adds the protection and visibility required for any
business-critical, financial, web-facing, or compliance-driven deployment.
Attacks on containers, on the orchestration tools managing them, or on
container infrastructure are often comprised of a "kill chain" of security
events across multiple threat vectors. It takes a multi-vector container
security platform to detect these attacks as early as possible - and at as many
points as possible along the kill chain. To secure containers deployed by
Alibaba Cloud customers, NeuVector's platform includes these key features:
- Support throughout the entire
DevOps container deployment lifecycle, from build to ship to run.
- Security automation, starting
with a Jenkins plug-in for vulnerability scanning during the build
process.
- Container registries such as
the Alibaba Cloud Container Registry can be configured so that any new
images in a repository will be automatically scanned by NeuVector.
- Kubernetes and Docker CIS
benchmarks will test host and container configurations before and after
production deployments.
- Run-time security is
delivered by the unique, cloud-native Layer-7 container firewall that
combines deep packet inspection (DPI) of east-west traffic with container
inspection and host security to detect and prevent attacks at multiple
points in the kill chain.
"NeuVector is the leading container security
platform that supports Alibaba Cloud public and private cloud customers during
their entire container deployment lifecycle," said Daibin Ge, Senior Security
Expert, Alibaba Cloud. "The unique multi-vector security platform provides
in-depth network visibility and protection combined with container attack
detection and vulnerability scanning. We are pleased to work with the NeuVector
team to enable confident Kubernetes and Docker container deployments."
"Together, NeuVector and Alibaba Cloud provide a highly secure environment for
business-critical containerized applications to be deployed with confidence,"
said Fei Huang, CEO, NeuVector. "Our new partnership enables Alibaba Cloud to
feature comprehensive capabilities that ensure data security and privacy, while
also adhering to domestic and international information security standards and
industry requirements. We're proud of this partnership, and of our role in
empowering Alibaba Cloud users by effectively securing their container-based
applications."
Sign up for a free trial of Alibaba Cloud at
https://www.alibabacloud.com/. For a
free trial of the NeuVector container security platform, sign up at
https://neuvector.com/try-neuvector/.