Azure Defender for Kubernetes and Azure Defender for Web Apps are available solutions within the Azure Security Center. Today we will focus on Kubernetes. First, we will explain how you can reach a complete on-premises and multicloud threat protection on your Kubernetes cluster. Then we dive a bit deeper and demonstrate how you can connect Azure Defender and Azure Security Center to enable detection mode and auto alerts.  Threat detection even on-premises and on other clouds Azure defender for Kubernetes is an add-on on Azure Security Center. It&nb ..read more

In their overview post about hybrid cloud solutions, DexMach introduced Azure Stack HCI and briefly talked about the different solutions within Azure Arc – Azure Arc enabled servers, enabled for data, and enabled for Kubernetes. In this post we discuss further the key drivers of our customers to use Azure Arc for Kubernetes and elaborate on some core technical aspects. Did you know that DexMach is the 4th enabled Microsoft Azure Stack partner worldwide? If you have any questions on hybrid cloud solutions, you are at the right place. We have a cloud first approach – not fr ..read more

One of the motivations for using containers and Kubernetes I come across are “We want to be multi-cloud”. But how easy is it to achieve a hybrid or multi-cloud scenario? There are some technologies that can help you from a management perspective (more on that later) but to truly achieve a multi-cloud / hybrid strategy you need to understand the capabilities of the different platforms. You can run Kubernetes on-premises or hosted in different clouds. And let’s be honest, container technology does sound really promising if you’re looking to support multiple platforms. It just gets a little bi ..read more

The basics: containers I believe the evolution to AKS starts with containers. Even though you don’t recognize containers at first, they are applied everywhere. The app on your phone for example is packaged as a container as well. There are many kinds of containers, but Docker containers have become the standard for Linux applications. A container is a reliable way to package and run applications in multiple environments (laptop, Microsoft Azure, private datacentre or Amazon). This is because a container isn’t depending on the platform where it is deployed. To function properly the container ..read more

In Kubernetes secrets contain all kinds of sensitive information. For instance, database credentials or API keys. The term secrets management describes the centralised and secured management of these secrets. Sebastiaan Kok, Innovation Engineer at True, explains the importance of secret management and why this should be a key focus. He also points out how True handles secrets management itself and thus supports its customers with keeping their secrets safe. “Secrets Management is a process where you manage secrets, like SSH keys, database credentials, certificates and API keys in a secure, ce ..read more