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Do Containers Provide Better Protection Against Meltdown and Spectre?

Do Containers Provide Better Protection Against Meltdown and Spectre?

About Meltdown and Spectre

Following the trend of ‘branding’ vulnerabilities, Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-5753, and CVE-2017-5715) are ‘brand’ names given to currently known variants of vulnerabilities of a similar nature, related to speculative execution. The general idea is rather …

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Why Container Security Matters for PCI Compliant Organizations

Why Container Security Matters for PCI Compliant Organizations

The PCI Data Security Standard is no news. Any entity that collects, holds or processes credit card information is obliged by this standard. What is new is the adoption of containers for production applications that may directly impact PCI compliance. With a 40% increase in Docker adoption in one year, containers …

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