InfoQ: “Open Policy Agent Graduates at CNCF”
February 6, 2021
The CNCF announced the graduation of the Open Policy Agent (OPA) project. OPA is an open source policy management and enforcement engine that has declarative policies and integrates with various systems including Kubernetes.
DevOps.com: “CNCF Graduates Open Policy Agent Project to Manage Compliance as Code”
February 5, 2021
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced this week that the Open Policy Agent (OPA) project, which many IT teams are employing to manage compliance as code, has officially graduated.
InfoWorld: “InfoWorld’s 2021 Technology of the Year Award winners”
February 3, 2021
While Apache Airflow may be the giant in the workflow engine space today, keep an eye on the Argo project.
Data Center Knowledge: “How Kubernetes Could Underpin Edge Computing Platforms”
January 25, 2021
By now, you’ve likely heard all about how Kubernetes can simplify the deployment of applications at scale in traditional on-prem and cloud environments. But what about edge architectures that combine central data centers with workloads hosted...
TechGenix: “Top Open-Source CNCF Security Projects and Why They Matter – Part 2”
January 20, 2021
Welcome to part 2 of a two-part series on security for cloud-native applications. In part 1, we highlighted three CNCF security projects — Falco, SPIRE, and Notary, which are CNCF incubating projects. In this article, we...
The New Stack: “The First Six Months: CNCF Observations and 2021 Vision”
January 20, 2021
Joining the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as general manager has been an amazing journey. When I started as GM last year, my goal was to understand the needs of the community by listening and then...
TechGenix: “Top Open-Source CNCF Security Projects and Why They Matter – Part 1”
January 19, 2021
Security has long been the biggest challenge for organizations adopting cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes. However, one look at the top CNCF projects shows a lack of security-only ventures. This was especially noticeable in 2019. However, in...
The New Stack: “The Cloud Native Landscape: The Orchestration and Management Layer”
January 15, 2021
The orchestration and management layer is the third layer in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s cloud native landscape. Before tackling tools in this category, engineers have presumably already automated infrastructure provisioning following security and compliance standards...
The New Stack: “CNCF Security Whitepaper Shows the Complexity of Securing Cloud Native Operations”
January 12, 2021
In November, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation released a whitepaper that focused on the security of cloud native applications. It was large in scope, covering everything from cloud native layers, to the full lifecycle of development, to compliance (and everything...
TechGenix: “Kuma: A Modern Multizone Service Mesh for Containers and VMS”
January 6, 2021
Envoy is likely the most important open-source project in the cloud-native networking space. Without it, we wouldn’t have a service mesh like Istio. The Envoy team recently announced Envoy Mobile, which looks to manage mobile applications with...