Kaspersky has launched a full-featured solution for containerized environments – Kaspersky Container Security (KCS) at GITEX. It secures containerized application at all stages, from development to operation. The product is ready to go directly after installation, low-cost, and easy to deploy and integrate into the company’s IT infrastructure. Together with Kaspersky Hybrid Cloud Security, it forms a security ecosystem for hybrid and cloud infrastructures.
Kaspersky Container Security is a specialized solution for containerized environments designed to protect businesses that already use or plan to implement containers. The product provides security for all stages of containerized application development. Besides the development process, the solution protects runtime, for example, it controls the launch of only trusted containers, the operation of application and services inside the containers, and monitors the traffic.
“Containerization is the new normal, but its risks are not covered by traditional endpoint or virtual machine security solutions. Therefore, we are launching Kaspersky Container Security (KCS), a solution that protects containerized application during its life cycle including runtime, the most vulnerable area. KCS helps our customers to build the DevSecOps process, where security is ensured at every stage of development. This launch is an important step towards one of Kaspersky’s key goals – to provide comprehensive protection to all types of digital assets of our customers. We are happy to introduce it at GITEX,” commented Timofey Titkov, Head of Cloud & Network Security Product Line, Kaspersky.
There are three main components in Kaspersky Container Security: ‘KCS scanner’, ‘KCS agent’, and managing ‘KCS server. It easily integrates into DevSecOps framework of organization, CI/CD1 pipelines and infrastructure. It can strengthen DevOps protection both for companies with developed DevSecOps processes and for companies that only begin to implement them. The solution also allows predictable deadlines to be set for the application to be released due to the automation of security and compliance checks on all the stages.
