Print this page
October 30, 2019

KubeCon 2019 Q&A: DivvyCloud Will Showcase Its Comprehensive and Innovative Approach to Protect Cloud and Container Environments at Booth P17

Written by

Are you attending KubeCon 2019 in San Diego in November?  If so, I invite you to add DivvyCloud to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

KubeCon 2019 is shaping up to be a fantastic event!  And the number of sponsoring vendors at this year's show is extremely impressive as the show continues to grow in scope and size!  One of the companies that will be on VMblog's MUST SEE list this year at the event is DivvyCloud.  DivvyCloud protects cloud and container environments from misconfigurations, policy violations, threats, and IAM challenges. With automated, real-time remediation, DivvyCloud customers achieve continuous security and compliance, and can fully realize the benefits of cloud and container technology.

Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and DivvyCloud to learn what they have planned for the upcoming KubeCon North America 2019 event and why you need to visit their booth.

 

VMblog:  As a KubeCon 2019 sponsor, how can people find you at the show?

DivvyCloud:  DivvyCloud is a Platinum Sponsor, booth # P17, 10x20 custom booth. We will have 12 DivvyCloud staff at Kubcon and Cloud-Native Security Day

VMblog:  If an attendee likes what they see and hear at your booth... what message about your product can you send them back with to sell their boss on your technology?

DivvyCloud:  DivvyCloud software is designed to be agentless and standalone. You can apply it to any computing environment - public cloud or private software-defined infrastructure. The way DivvyCloud interacts with the host environment and Kubernetes is by way of their respective
APIs. DivvyCloud continuously interacts with the APIs to gather information about the state of the hosts and the Kubernetes clusters of interest. These hosts can be Google Cloud, AWx`S, Azure, or a private data center that can expose infrastructure information via an API.

Once DivvyCloud is set up and targeted at the relevant host and Kubernetes clusters, it starts pulling down data about the environments - servers, security groups, load balancers, network-attached stores, S3 buckets, and any resource that is exposed via an API. This information is then unified into a single data model that represents the infrastructure and represents containment holistically.

VMblog:  What are some of the reasons why you believe a KubeCon attendee should add you to their MUST SEE list?

DivvyCloud:  Because they will have an opportunity to see DivvyCloud automation in action. DivvyCloud allows developers to engage in more experimentation and innovation. It provides the trust and verification that system administrators need to ensure that work is being done according to industry standard security guidelines and well-established best practices.

We will be able to show KubeCon attendees how automated remediation technology is a powerful tool for companies that use Kubernetes to get quality software into the hands of customers at web scale.

DivvyCloud and its holistic approach to supporting the CIS Benchmarks for Kubernetes provide a competitive advantage that is unequaled for companies that put Kubernetes at the forefront of their digital infrastructure.

VMblog:  Thinking about your company, give readers a few reasons why your product or service is considered unique.

DivvyCloud:  DivvyCloud offers customers the most comprehensive and innovative approach to protect their cloud and container environments from misconfigurations, policy violations, threats, and IAM challenges.

Key capabilities include:

  • Automation & Real-time Remediation. Enable rapid innovation with flexible, real-time remediation of policy violations.
  • Unified Visibility & Monitoring. Minimize risk with unified security and compliance posture across environments.
  • Runtime Configuration Protection. Identify and remediate risks due to misconfiguration and mismanagement.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Protection. Evaluate IaC templates for security issues to allow developers to move more quickly.
  • Threat Protection. Identify malicious activity with native security controls and automate remediation.
  • IAM Protection. Automate Identity & Access Management best practices to protect your identity perimeter at scale.
  • Risk Assessment & Auditing. Assess compliance and make informed decisions about how to improve it.
  • Extensible Platform. Adapt DivvyCloud to your enterprise environment to orchestrate cloud operations.

DivvyCloud is the only company that delivers comprehensive support for all major cloud and container infrastructure, including AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, Kubernetes, VMware, OpenStack, and more. The company provides a unified view of security and compliance risk with the ability to write a single policy and remediation workflow that is translated to all connected environments.

VMblog:  How does your company and product fit within the container or cloud ecosystem?

DivvyCloud:  DivvyCloud helps our customers change the world by empowering them to gain the freedom to innovate using cloud services without the resulting chaos and risk. DivvyCloud protects cloud and container environments from misconfigurations, policy violations, threats, and IAM challenges. With automated, real-time remediation DivvyCloud customers achieve continuous security and compliance, and can fully realize the benefits of cloud and container technology.

With DivvyCloud, organizations gain unified security and compliance for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba Cloud, and Kubernetes. Using out-of-the-box policies mapped to industry, and regulatory standards empower security and governance, risk,
and compliance (GRC) professionals to quickly identify and assess risk and automate remediation threats in real-time before they are exploited. From custom policies to a robust API, DivvyCloud can adapt to any organization's unique business needs.

DivvyCloud empowers companies to adopt unified cloud compliance and security approach that enables and supports rapid business shifts and is forward-looking. This approach accelerates corporate innovation and profitability without a significant investment of time and resources.
With DivvyCloud security and GRC professionals to take control, rest easy, and enable their organizations to change the world through innovation.

VMblog:  What do you hope to come away with from exhibiting at KubeCon? What does event success look like to you?

DivvyCloud:  Above all else, we are interested in expanding our brand awareness and introducing ourselves to the K8 community.

VMblog:  Attendees always enjoy a good trade show tchotchke. Are you giving away anything special or interesting this year?

DivvyCloud:  We will be giving away the brand new Ultimate Collector Series 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer.

divvycloud giveaway

StarDestroyer DivvyCloud 

David Marshall

David Marshall has been involved in the technology industry for over 19 years, and he's been working with virtualization software since 1999. He was able to become an industry expert in virtualization by becoming a pioneer in that field - one of the few people in the industry allowed to work with Alpha stage server virtualization software from industry leaders: VMware (ESX Server), Connectix and Microsoft (Virtual Server).

Through the years, he has invented, marketed and helped launch a number of successful virtualization software companies and products. David holds a BS degree in Finance, an Information Technology Certification, and a number of vendor certifications from Microsoft, CompTia and others. He's also co-authored two published books: "VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center" and "Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center" and acted as technical editor for two popular Virtualization "For Dummies" books. With his remaining spare time, David founded and operates one of the oldest independent virtualization news blogs, VMblog.com. And co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication dedicated to Cloud Computing. Starting in 2009 and continuing all the way to 2016, David has been honored with the vExpert distinction by VMware for his virtualization evangelism.