In this session from Agile On The Beach 2017 entitled 'Secure my Socks: Exploring Microservice Security in an Open Source Sock Shop', Phil Winder explores micro service security on the Kubernetes orchestrator and Weave Net.
Microservices are often lamented as "providing enough rope to hang yourself", which gives the impression that microservices are inherently insecure. But if we do microservices right, we can improve security with a range of measures all designed to prevent further intrusion and disruption.
In this talk, Phil presents a reference microservices architecture - the sock shop - which he abuses in order to investigate microservice security on the Kubernetes orchestrator and Weave Net, a software-defined networking product from Weaveworks.
Phil covers a range of topics, but primarily focuses on the demonstration of two key areas: network policy and secure containers. Watch this to get an understanding of some aspects of microservice security as well as the knowledge of how to implement these findings. Furthermore, you will be able to test and demonstrate these ideas yourself through the use of a reference microservices application on an orchestrator of your choice.
Philip Winder CEO Winder Research and Development Phil Winder is a multi-disciplinary freelance architect working towards the research and development of cutting-edge technology. Most recently he has been developing cloud-based full-stack microservice systems for a range of clients but has a significant past in machine learning and electronics. His company, WinderResearch.com, is collaborating with Container Solutions, a container consultancy, to provide R&D services in the container space. Phil has Ph.D. and Masters degrees from the University of Hull, UK in Electronics, with a focus on embedded signal processing.
Agile on the Beach is a leading annual conference in Falmouth, Cornwall UK. Since 2011 Agile on the Beach has been a two day agile conference, set on the Cornish coast with a beach party in between. The conference explores agile software, products, teams, business and practices. With 400 attending, the conference hosts 50 seminars and workshops to provide the ultimate agile learning experience, along with ample opportunities for networking at its 3 evening events.
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