Playing Defense: The Reactive Cloud Native Security Battle

Explore the challenges and solutions in cloud native security through this insightful conference talk. Dive into recent research findings from ESG and Slim.AI, revealing that only 12% of SREs, DevOps, and Platform Engineers are meeting security SLOs. Examine the growing attack surface, regulatory pressures, supply chain complexities, and fragmented tooling ecosystem that complicate cloud native security. Learn about the difficulties in triaging security issues, the impact of increasing vulnerabilities, and the challenges posed by the software supply chain. Gain practical tips for transitioning from reactive to proactive security measures and discover strategies for minimizing noise and achieving security SLOs in cloud native environments.