Sean Michael Kerner

In the latest milestone update of Mozilla Firefox, users of the open-source web browser have lost what was once a key feature. Firefox 64, which became generally available on Dec. 11, dropped direct integrated support for RSS feed preview and live bookmarks. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a capability that enables users to quickly see […]

SEATTLE—In recent years, the Kubernetes container orchestration system has received more than its fair share of hype as the next big trend in IT. That hype was pervasive across the show floor and packed session rooms of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2018 conference that concluded on Dec. 13 here. More than 8,000 attendees and […]

SEATTLE—The basic units of organization within the Kubernetes community are the Special Interest Groups that help define and implement new features and capabilities. For security, one of the primary SIGs within Kubernetes is SIG-Auth. Kubernetes is a widely used container orchestration platform that is supported on all the major public cloud providers and is also […]

SEATTLE—Serverless computing is one of the hottest trends in IT today, and it’s one that IBM is embracing too. Serverless computing, also often referred to as functions-as-a-service, enables organizations to execute functions without the need to first provision a long-running persistent server. At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2018 here this week, multiple vendors including Red […]

SEATTLE—The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America event is a beacon for news, with vendors showcasing their wares and making multiple announcements. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon runs here from Dec. 11-13 and has brought 8,000 attendees and more than 187 vendors into the exhibit hall. Kubernetes itself is part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which […]

SEATTLE—Thousands of developers, vendors and end users alike are descending on Seattle from Dec. 11-13 for the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America event. They are all here to learn and talk about the growing cloud-native landscape, anchored by the Kubernetes container orchestration system. Among those at KubeCon is Chris Aniszczyk, chief operating officer of the Cloud Native […]

The open-source Kubernetes container orchestration project has become increasingly important in recent years as organizations rely on it to deploy applications. With the increased reliance has come increased scrutiny on security, especially at Google, which hosts a managed Kubernetes service called Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). In a call with press ahead of the KubeCon conference […]

Sophos announced on Dec. 10 that it is bringing its XG Firewall to the Sophos Central Management service, enabling organizations to manage security in an integrated approach from a central management dashboard. The integrated capability is now available in early access for Sophos customers and will complement other technologies that are available in the Sophos […]

A core element of IT security is having proper policies in place that define what is and what isn’t allowed for a given process or entity. In the cloud-native world, where there are multiple distributed elements that can live in different deployment modalities, the challenge of defining and implementing policy is nontrivial, but that’s the […]

The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system (CMS) project on Dec. 6 released a major milestone update—WordPress 5.0. WordPress 5.0 is code-named “Bebo,” named after Cuban jazz musician Bebo Valdés, following the project’s long tradition of naming releases after notable Jazz musicians. WordPress 5.0 boasts a number of improvements, with the biggest user-facing change being […]

Visibility is key for IT security professionals trying to figure out the nature of a given cyber-security threat. While having visibility into an organization’s environment is one thing, having visibility into the entirety of the internet is another, which is where Censys fits in. Censys has its roots in the open-source zmap project, which enables […]

Apple released a series of updates on Dec. 5 to its desktop and mobile operating systems, patching serious vulnerabilities that could have exposed users to risk. Among the updates released by Apple are iOS 12.1.1, macOS Mojave 10.14.2 and Safari 12.0.2. The bugs fixed across the updates include privilege escalation, arbitrary code execution, memory corruption […]