Cloud native applications are dominating the tech landscape for modern enterprises. A garden-variety cloud native application consists of microservices deployed in containers orchestrated with Kubernetes, and these microservices interact together via APIs. Netflix, Salesforce, and Atlassian products like Jira and Confluence are all common examples of cloud native applications.

Modern software development teams will have individual preferences about whether to use IDEs or which testing framework or coding convention to adopt. However, for teams that want to deliver high-quality software at a rapid pace, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is a must-have. Mature, high-performing dev teams lean heavily on their CI/CD pipeline. Because of this heavy dependence on CI/CD, ensuring the security of your CI/CD pipeline is incredibly important.

Enterprises are increasingly adopting multi-cloud environments to take advantage of the flexibility and scalability of different cloud platforms. However, this shift has also introduced a major security challenge: the rise of identity-based threats. With 82% of data breaches now involving cloud-stored data, securing cloud identities has become a critical need. The complexity of managing identities and permissions across multiple cloud platforms only amplifies the risks.