Established in 1875, HanseMerkur is one of the oldest private health insurance companies in Germany, with customers across Europe. The company ran multi-tenant clusters on premises with Kubespray, with around 150 internal software developers as users. As the company must handle personal information and confidential data, it adheres to ISO 27001, the German equivalent of SOC 2, as per industry standards.

Kubernetes has become a vital component in cloud-native infrastructure, enabling organizations to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. However, compliance is crucial to modern infrastructure, especially for businesses that handle sensitive data. Organizations that adopt Kubernetes must thus also be sure to maintain the security of their infrastructure, as well as address compliance requirements to meet regulatory standards.

In today’s digital landscape, compliance with industry frameworks is vital for businesses, Kubernetes environments are no exception. That being said, Risk Score is an illusive term. It is inconsistent between scanners and is ultimately hard to explain to stakeholders. Introducing a meaningful Compliance Score, now available on ARMO Platform. The new Compliance Score offers a user-friendly method to assess compliance levels. It measures control-specific compliance and overall framework compliance.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a data privacy and security regulation in the European Union (EU) that aims to protect individuals’ personal data collected and processed by businesses. The financial penalties for a company that is found to be non-compliant with GDPR can be significant: €20 million or 4% of its annual global revenues.

In this latest podcast in our ‘Beyond Data’ series, Tessa Jones (Calligo’s Chief Data Scientist) and Peter Matson (Data Science Practice Lead) talk with Oxford University’s Professor Philip Howard about the threats posed to democracy by technology, specifically in the shape of Lie Machines.

Over twenty years ago, a series of corporate financial scandals set off a chain reaction, culminating in criminal convictions and new legislation. After uncovering accounting fraud across public companies like Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco, the US Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).

In the ever-changing world of technology, staying secure is a top priority for many organizations. Identifying and documenting system boundaries is essential for keeping data safe and secure, but what does this mean? In this article, we’ll explore FedRAMP System Boundary, how to identify them, and how to generate FedRAMP System Boundary diagrams.