StackRox, the leader in security for containers and Kubernetes, has introduced new compliance capabilities to the
StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform, enabling organizations to verify and provide evidence for compliance with NIST SP 800-190, PCI DSS 3.2, and HIPAA standards.
The
StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform enables companies to
automatically and instantly check for compliance, identify gaps or
non-compliance with controls, obtain clear and detailed remediation
information, and provide evidence of compliance ahead of audits.
Pre-built reports and drill-down capabilities provide the flexibility to
meet the various requirements of audit, compliance, and security teams.
"Containers
have enabled a new level of productivity and compliance," said Chris
Mutzel, chief architect at Stratus Medicine, an organization that helps
health systems to integrate third-party software vendors who require
access to sensitive health system data. "In our sensitive and
risk-adverse industry, we have to maintain highly secure and resilient
infrastructure, but we also want to allow innovation using cloud-native
technologies. Container environments allow us to more quickly deploy
apps that back patient care and administrative efficiency while
increasing security and compliance at the same time. StackRox gives us
the ability to demonstrate our adherence to HIPAA at all times, helping
us avoid audit-induced anxieties. The platform also provides peace of
mind to our partner institutions that they can onboard new vendors
without introducing security vulnerabilities."
The StackRox platform provides a consistent set of features across each compliance standard:
- Dashboard - delivers an at-a-glance view of overall compliance showing violations of the relevant standard's controls
- Reports
- offers tailored PDF reports that can be exported to provide an
overview of the organization's adherence to a given standard or
specification
- Evidence
- provides the ability to export CSV files that auditors can use to
document each specific control described in a standard
- Customizable
Environment Views - enables users the flexibility to review compliance
details at the cluster, node, or namespace level
- Data Drill Down - delivers the capability to explore detailed information on areas of non-compliance with specific controls
The
StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform includes an augmented compliance
framework that provides automated checks and ongoing monitoring of
controls, configurations, and policies for:
"It's
a challenge to ensure that container and Kubernetes deployments comply
with key security specifications because the environments are vast and
the knowledge base isn't there yet among many DevOps and security
teams," said Mark Bouchard, Vice President of Research and COO,
CyberEdge Group. "As organizations subject to industry regulations
continue to adopt Kubernetes, they need solutions that help them both
improve their security posture and simplify the work associated with
passing audits and demonstrating compliance."
The
StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform simplifies the compliance process
with a series of continuous and on-demand checks. The additional
capabilities for NIST, PCI, and HIPAA augment existing support for
Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks for containers and
Kubernetes. The platform provides the greatest breadth of automated
checks and enforcement capabilities via native infrastructure for the
strongest container and Kubernetes compliance controls on the market.
"Integration
with Kubernetes is critical to delivering such a powerful and efficient
compliance solution," said Wei Lien Dang, StackRox Vice President of
Product. "The StackRox approach is embedded directly in the
infrastructure and integrated with Kubernetes-specific configurations,
which means security and DevOps speak the same language and share a
common view of the compliance controls in their environments."
These new compliance capabilities are available in the current release of the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform.