Container Security: Fundamental Technology Concepts That Protect Cloud Native Applications - Brossura

Rice, Liz

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ISBN 13: 9798341627703

Casa editrice: Oreilly & Associates Inc, 2025

Riassunto

As containerized and cloud native applications become foundational to modern software infrastructure, the need for a deep, conceptual understanding of their security implications has never been more urgent. Container Security, second edition, offers a rigorous yet practical examination of the technologies that underpin container platforms--equipping developers, operations professionals, and security practitioners with the mental models needed to evaluate risk and enhance resilience.

Written by Liz Rice, a recognized authority in cloud native security, this updated edition builds on the foundational principles from the first edition while incorporating today's evolving threat landscape, modern tooling, and advancements in platforms like Kubernetes and Linux. Readers will gain a firm grasp of the architectural components behind containers and the Linux primitives that support them, fostering a systems-level understanding of both threats and mitigation strategies.

• Examine the technical underpinnings of containers through a security-focused lens
• Evaluate evolving risks and defenses across container runtimes and orchestration platforms
• Analyze the implications of modern tooling including eBPF and AI-driven approaches
• Apply core principles to assess and secure real-world deployments in dynamic environments

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Informazioni sull'autore

Liz Rice is is chief open source officer at Isovalent, the eBPF and network security specialists behind the Cilium project, and now part of Cisco. She has held many roles with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), including governing board member, chair of the technical oversight committee, and cochair and keynote speaker at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. She is also the author of O'Reilly's Learning eBPF and the first edition of Container Security. When not writing or talking about code, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London and making music under the pseudonym "Insider Nine."

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As containerized and cloud native applications become foundational to modern software infrastructure, the need for a deep, conceptual understanding of their security implications has never been more urgent. Container Security offers a rigorous yet practical examination of the technologies that underpin container platforms--equipping developers, operations professionals, and security practitioners with the mental models needed to evaluate risk and enhance resilience.

Written by Liz Rice, a recognized authority in cloud native security, this updated edition builds on the foundational principles from the first edition while incorporating today's evolving threat landscape, modern tooling, and advancements in platforms like Kubernetes and Linux. Readers will gain a firm grasp of the architectural components behind containers and the Linux primitives that support them, fostering a systems-level understanding of both vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.

• Examine the technical underpinnings of containers through a security-focused lens
• Evaluate evolving risks and defenses across container runtimes and orchestration platforms
• Analyze the implications of modern tooling including eBPF and AI-driven approaches
• Apply core principles to assess and secure real-world deployments in dynamic environments

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oreilly & Associates Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798341627703
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 268
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