cloud-native
Safeguard articles tagged "cloud-native" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
14 articles
Cloud-Native Application Security: Securing the Full Stack in 2026
Cloud-native apps spread risk across code, containers, and infrastructure-as-code. This guide maps the full attack surface and a layered strategy to secure all of it.
Designing Least-Privilege Kubernetes RBAC: A Practical Guide
CVE-2018-1002105 (CVSS 9.8) let an unauthenticated request reach cluster-admin through pod exec endpoints — most RBAC breaches since trace back to the same handful of over-broad bindings.
Container Security for Beginners: Keeping Your Docker Images Safe
Containers made shipping software wonderfully simple, but they also package up whatever risks come along for the ride. Here is a beginner-friendly introduction with a first image scan you can run today.
Container Runtime Scanning: Catching Threats After Deployment
Container runtime scanning watches workloads while they run, catching drift, new CVEs, and active exploitation that build-time scans miss entirely.
SaaS Container Security: Protecting Multi-Tenant Workloads
SaaS container security is the set of controls that keep containerized, multi-tenant applications isolated, patched, and hardened from build through runtime. Here is the practical playbook.
KubeCon NA 2025: Supply Chain Security Themes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 put supply chain security at the center of the cloud-native conversation. Here is what mattered for platform teams.
Kubernetes Network Policy Best Practices for a Zero-Trust Cluster
The core Kubernetes network policy best practice is to default-deny all traffic and then explicitly allow only what each workload needs. Here is how to build that model without breaking your cluster.
CNCF Supply Chain Security Best Practices v2: What Changed
CNCF TAG Security shipped the v2 Supply Chain Security paper in 2025, mainstreaming SBOMs, signed attestations, and zero-trust workload identity. We walk through the practical guidance.
Runtime Threat Detection in Cloud-Native Environments
Static analysis catches known vulnerabilities. Runtime detection catches exploitation. Here is how to implement runtime threat detection for containerized workloads.
Kubernetes Security Issues You Should Actually Worry About
The Kubernetes security issues that cause real breaches are rarely exotic zero-days. They are misconfigured RBAC, exposed dashboards, over-privileged pods, and unscanned images. Here is where to look first.
Kubernetes 1.31 Security Improvements: What You Need to Know
Kubernetes 1.31 'Elli' shipped in August 2024 with significant security improvements including AppArmor GA support, refined pod security controls, and better secret management.
CNCF Project Security Audits: What They Find and Why They Matter
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation funds independent security audits for its projects. The findings reveal patterns that every cloud native adopter should understand.
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