"Misconfigs and Unpatched Bugs Top Cloud Native Security Incidents"

Researchers from Snyk conducted a new survey and discovered that over half of organizations had suffered a security incident due to misconfiguration or a known vulnerability in their cloud native applications.  The adoption of cloud native techniques is soaring, with over 78% of production workloads now deployed as containers or serverless applications. However, this comes with its own risks. Many developers (60%) have had increased security concerns since going cloud native, the researchers found. Misconfiguration (45%) and known unpatched bugs (38%) were the most commonly experienced security incidents among the participants surveyed. Misconfiguration (58%) and insecure APIs (52%) topped the list of respondents’ concerns. The researchers also found that developers are becoming increasingly invested in matters of cybersecurity. Less than 10% of respondents in security roles thought developers were responsible for the security of their cloud native environment and applications. However, 36% of developers claimed that they were.

Infosecurity reports: "Misconfigs and Unpatched Bugs Top Cloud Native Security Incidents"