A report from

Venafi highlights the urgent need for improved machine identity management in cloud-native environments , as organisations grapple with the security implications of rapid technological advances and the integration of microservices architectures . he Impact of Machine Identities on

This trend has driven widespread adoption of cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes and microservices-based application architectures .

But in their haste to transition to these modern environments , many organisations may not have fully considered unique security requirements , such as the impact of machine identities and their management .

Machine identities are critical to secure sensitive microservices and resources that can be accessed from anywhere on the Internet . To properly implement the latest advances in technology , organisations need to establish the identity of cloudnative machines such as containers , microservices , DevOps artifacts and API connections .

To function securely , all these interconnected cloudnative machines must be able to rapidly verify their identities with each other . Yet , the management of this proliferation of machine identities can be challenging in cloud-native environments and organisations may have trouble keeping up with today ’ s rapid pace of continual innovation .

The report examines the top threats and challenges that are impacting cloud-native security and emphasises the foundational role of machine identities within cloud-native security .

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