You might think that your metrics are harmless from a security point of view. Well, that’s not true, and in this talk at KubeCon Valencia 2022, we share the risk of exposed Prometheus server and how attackers use this information to successfully access a Kubernetes cluster. The slides are available here, and we also collected some mentions in social media and blogs and the feedback was very positive: It was our first time as speakers at KubeCon and expectations were really high.

Typically, when a web app needs something from an external server, the client sends a request to that server, the server responds, and the connection is subsequently closed. Consider a web app that shows stock prices. The client must repeatedly request updated prices from the server to provide the latest prices.

Achieving CMMC compliance is no easy feat. CMMC requirements are stricter than most, and focus heavily on documentation. This certification is also still relatively new, so it’s constantly undergoing changes.

Today, WatchGuard announced that Vector Capital, a leading private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses, closed the deal to acquire interests previously owned by other co-investors, and become the company’s majority shareholder.

There have been many articles about the cost of a security breach. With the emergence of privacy regulations that assign penalties based on a business’ profit, or those that calculate a value for each compromised record, it is possible to calculate the cost of a breach based on those metrics. However, it would seem that these hard numbers are not detailed enough to placate many security professionals.