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What to Look for In a Kubernetes Ransomware Protection Platform As ransomware becomes more sophisticated, clusters and applications are at risk of being destroyed, and without a means to restore them, you could suffer devastating data and application loss in the case of an attack. Surprisingly, many organizations that use Kubernetes don’t yet have a backup and recovery solution in place - which is a last line of defense against an attack. Kubernetes is updated quarterly, and some applications as often as every week, so it’s crucial for organizations to stay up to date with patching.
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In addition, misconfigured access controls can unintentionally lead to unauthorized access to applications or even the entire cluster. While not overly common, open-source products can often lead to exploitable bugs being discovered by malicious actors.
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Open-source means that the underly code that makes up the applications is freely available for any to review and find potential vulnerabilities. Kubernetes itself and many of the most common applications that run in Kubernetes are open-source products. This can leave many organizations ill prepared to fight back. The rapid rise of critical applications and data moving into Kubernetes clusters has caught the attention of those seeking to exploit what is perceived to be a new and emerging space. While most IT organizations are aware of the continuously rising threat of ransomware on traditional applications and infrastructure, modern applications running on Kubernetes are also at risk. According to an annual report on global cyber security, there were 304 million ransomware attacks worldwide in 2020 - a 62% increase from 2019. The threat of ransomware should be thought of as serious problem for all enterprises.