Taking charge of machine identities may feel complex, but finding the right resources shouldn’t.
Venafi, a CyberArk Company
Venafi solutions find, protect and secure machine identities for our hyper-connected world
Welcome to Machine Identity Matters, an all-new compilation of resources, articles, and advice from the experts at Venafi.?
Each month, you can expect coverage on numerous facets of modern machine identity management and cybersecurity, including:
Ready? Let’s dive in to the first-ever issue of Machine Identity Matters!
January Highlight
75% believe speed and complexity of Kubernetes and containers create new security blind spots.
Cloud native technologies offer significant competitive advantages, but securing Kubernetes and microservices-based app architectures is more challenging than ever.?
Find out why—and what 800 of the world’s security and IT leaders had to say about the current state of cloud native security, including how their machine identities play a critical role.
ICYMI: This month’s top 5
“Digital certificates identify machines and provide an enhanced level of authentication and privacy to digital communications.”
For digital certificates to remain an effective element of enterprise security, you must carefully manage the complete certificate lifecycle from issuance to revocation.?
But when you have 1 million certificates to manage, as many organizations soon will (or already do), manual orchestration becomes impractical. That’s why a centralized, automated certificate lifecycle management platform is now a critical component of your cybersecurity strategy.
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“Traditional code signing is no longer sufficient to protect an organization’s tools, especially when AI is involved.”
More than half of organizations plan to implement AI and automation technologies, but without the right precautionary guardrails, unauthorized code can wreak havoc on your systems—especially as AI becomes more prominent in modern business.?
These 3 actionable steps can help you institute the necessary checks and balances for AI-developed code, and, in turn, harden your enterprise security.
“PKIs that were once working to support enterprise-wide security now require more work than the benefits they offer.”
There’s a common misconception that legacy PKIs, like Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Service, are cost-effective since they’re bundled with existing operating systems. But these legacy solutions incur several hidden costs that many enterprises overlook—and those expenses can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.?
That’s why many organizations are considering making the switch to a fast, hassle-free, PKI-as-a-service solution.?
“While self-signed certificates are cost-effective and easy to implement, these machine identities introduce several weaknesses and potentially open up attack vectors that can compromise the security of your cluster.”
Self-signed certificates lack trusted CA validation. They require complex management, are difficult to revoke, and introduce greater potential threats—like man-in-the-middle attacks. What other threats do self-signed certificates pose to your Kubernetes environments? And how can centralized policy enforcement and real-time monitoring help you mitigate them?
“There is a growing need for users to standardize their Kubernetes and cloud native strategies around a consistent operating model when running at scale, as well as increasing resource efficiency and maximizing the developer experience.”
FleetOps is Jetstack Consult’s strategic approach to creating and managing complex cloud native app hosting platforms at scale. It’s designed to address the challenges of rapid Kubernetes adoption across today’s enterprises, so you can optimize cloud spending, manage multi-cluster, multi-provider environments, reduce human error and firefights, tackle operational toil, address configuration drift, resolve conflicting processes, and enhance resource utilization.
In 2024, machine identity matters will only get more complicated. But don’t worry, because the Venafi team has you covered.
What topics would you like to see us cover in future editions of Machine Identity Matters? What challenges are you currently facing? Tell us in the comments.