Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform designed to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Developed by Google and now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Kubernetes provides a robust and flexible framework for deploying and managing applications across diverse environments, from on-premises data centers to public clouds.

With its declarative configuration and powerful features such as service discovery, load balancing, and auto-scaling, Kubernetes simplifies the complexities of managing containerized workloads, enabling teams to deploy and scale applications with ease.

DevSecOps teams prefer using Pomerium's Ingress Controller for securing Kubernetes workloads. This is compared to the alternative methods requiring per-app secrets, inconsistent permissions, and management burdens managing authentication/authorization flows.

Teams want to minimize the risk of misconfigurations by using the Pomerium for centralized authentication and authorization enforcement.

This is in addition to the baseline benefits that Pomerium brings to any deployment:

• Better with clientless access

• Faster by being deployed at edge

• Safer through continuous verification

• Context-aware when integrating institutionally relevant data sources