Robert Brennan, Author at Cloud Native Now

About Robert Brennan

Robert Brennan is director of open source software at Fairwinds, a cloud-native infrastructure solution provider. He focuses on the development of open source tools that abstract the complexity from underlying infrastructure to enable an optimal experience for developers. Before Fairwinds, he worked as a software engineer at Google in AI and natural language processing. He is the co-founder of DataFire.io, an open source platform for building API’s and integrations, and LucyBot, developer of a suite of automated API documentation solutions deployed by Fortune 500 companies. He is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Engineering where he focused on machine learning.

Are Your Kubernetes Workloads Secure? Unsettling Trends in Latest Benchmark
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Are Your Kubernetes Workloads Secure? Unsettling Trends in Latest Benchmark

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Are Your Kubernetes Workloads Secure? Unsettling Trends in Latest Benchmark

The World Economic Forum says that, despite the economic downturn, [...]

By Robert Brennan|2023-03-28T17:43:09-04:00March 29, 2023|Cloud-Native Security, Features, Topics|Comments Off

Best of 2022: 4 Best Practices for Kubernetes Reliability
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Best of 2022: 4 Best Practices for Kubernetes Reliability

Best of 2022, Cloud-Native Security, Editorial Calendar, Features, Kubernetes Governance, Topics

Best of 2022: 4 Best Practices for Kubernetes Reliability

As we close out 2022, we at Container Journal wanted [...]

By Robert Brennan|2022-12-19T18:03:16-05:00December 23, 2022|Best of 2022, Cloud-Native Security, Editorial Calendar, Features, Kubernetes Governance, Topics|Comments Off

NSA Security Best Practices for Kubernetes
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NSA Security Best Practices for Kubernetes

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NSA Security Best Practices for Kubernetes

In this series, I’ve outlined why every organization should care [...]

By Robert Brennan|2022-09-16T06:16:37-04:00September 19, 2022|Cloud-Native Security, Features, Topics|Comments Off

NSA Wants Strong Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization
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NSA Wants Strong Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization

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NSA Wants Strong Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization

When I want to get into my phone, I use [...]

By Robert Brennan|2022-09-09T08:00:02-04:00September 12, 2022|Cloud-Native Security, Features, Topics|Comments Off

The NSA Wants the Network Locked Down
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The NSA Wants the Network Locked Down

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The NSA Wants the Network Locked Down

The NSA's Kubernetes Hardening Guide offers a lot of advice [...]

By Robert Brennan|2022-08-11T07:03:52-04:00August 16, 2022|Cloud-Native Security, Features, Topics|Comments Off

NSA’s Kubernetes Hardening Guidelines and Pod Security
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NSA’s Kubernetes Hardening Guidelines and Pod Security

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NSA’s Kubernetes Hardening Guidelines and Pod Security

I previously asked (and answered) the question, What Are the [...]

By Robert Brennan|2022-08-10T11:20:59-04:00August 11, 2022|Cloud-Native Security, Features, Topics|Comments Off

What Are the NSA K8s Guidelines and Why Should You Care?
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What Are the NSA K8s Guidelines and Why Should You Care?

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What Are the NSA K8s Guidelines and Why Should You Care?

The NSA released its Kubernetes Hardening Guidelines almost a year [...]

By Robert Brennan|2022-07-25T22:15:21-04:00July 26, 2022|Cloud-Native Security, Features, Topics|Comments Off

Kubernetes Config and Efficiency: The Butterfly Effect
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Kubernetes Config and Efficiency: The Butterfly Effect

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Kubernetes Config and Efficiency: The Butterfly Effect

Ever heard of the butterfly effect? In chaos theory, it [...]

By Robert Brennan|2022-04-26T07:37:57-04:00April 27, 2022|Cloud-Native Platforms, Features, Topics|Comments Off

Culture and Enablement in Kubernetes Service Ownership
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Culture and Enablement in Kubernetes Service Ownership

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Culture and Enablement in Kubernetes Service Ownership

The topic of Kubernetes service ownership is not a simple [...]

By Robert Brennan|2021-11-23T20:19:54-05:00November 29, 2021|Cloud-Native Development, Features, Topics|Comments Off

Why Kubernetes Service Ownership is the Answer to Container Security
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Why Kubernetes Service Ownership is the Answer to Container Security

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Why Kubernetes Service Ownership is the Answer to Container Security

Full-service ownership is a hot topic right now in Kubernetes, [...]

By Robert Brennan|2021-11-18T17:37:13-05:00November 22, 2021|Cloud-Native Security, Features, Topics|Comments Off

Containerized Application Management