As so often, Blackbit is an early adaptor and, with Kubernetes, provides a new technology that stands for security, reliability in hosting and optimised processes in web development. Just at the right time, because the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine mean that the risk of cyber attacks is greater than ever before - for companies too.
The energy crisis is becoming increasingly acute and the probability of a blackout following cyber attacks has risen even further in Germany since the start of the war in Ukraine. There have already been attacks on supply structures, fortunately without far-reaching consequences.
In its assessment of the current IT security situation in Germany, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) speaks of an "increased threat situation". It is not only government institutions and critical infrastructure that are at risk. Companies of all sizes are also targets of cyber attacks, primarily through ransomware, but also through elaborately prepared APT attacks.
2.6 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up a whopping 99.4% of all German companies, are facing the challenge of digitalisation in Germany. At the same time, they are faced with the question of adequate cyber security. However, according to the BSI, the small and medium-sized enterprises among them are not in a position to ensure the operation and security of their information technology.
Phishing or ransomware attacks can have a life-threatening impact on these companies. The question for companies is therefore no longer just whether they will be the target of cyber attacks, but rather when. According to recent Statista surveys, the total damage caused by such attacks over the last twelve months totalled €202.7 billion.
The loss of revenue for individual companies increases with the duration of the downtime of service and shop sites as a result of a cyber attack. The loss of sensitive data, such as customer, shipping and payment data, as well as personal and company data, also weighs heavily.
With Kubernetes(K8s), Blackbit offers new technical answers to the current question of increased cyber security. K8s is an open source system for automating the deployment, scaling and management of containerised applications. Originally developed for internal purposes at Google, Google made the Kubernetes project available to a broad community as an open source platform in 2014. Kubernetes combines more than 15 years of experience in running production workloads with the best ideas and practices of the community. Kubernetes is therefore easy to expand and can be ideally customised to individual requirements.
Divided into containers, an overall system is operated from basic resources that are located on several different servers or nodes. A single, rigid and therefore vulnerable system no longer exists in this revolutionary structure.
The individual containers contain no information about what the other containers are doing and can only execute the application for which they were created. It is therefore possible to execute a malicious script as part of a cyberattack, but the direct effects only affect the individual container and not an entire server.
In terms of security, Kubernetes therefore offers the following advantages:
The switch to the new hosting based on Kubernetes not only makes our service faster, more secure and more stable in use - the possible combinations of these technologies also offer you advantages: Benefit from the strengths of the technologies that we combine:
Jan Fuchsmann, Lead DevOps Engineer at Blackbit and responsible for the Kubernetes project, summarises the biggest advantages of the new technology: "Kubernetes enables us to keep an eye on all systems and components at all times and thus react immediately and automatically to security events."
Blackbit combines powerful technologies to optimise the reliability and security of Kubernetes during operation. In conjunction with the Sysdig security software, Blackbit customers benefit from this additional service as an add-on, which, among other things, performs automatic vulnerability scans of running containers and can actively prevent unauthorised external access.
As a hosting solution for Pimcore X, Kubernetes takes your company's data management to a new level and protects the data you operate with every day - from customer data to payment and shipping information, which you are legally obliged to store and secure in compliance with GDPR.
Whether it's secure hosting or time-saving development and smooth deployment - all areas of application benefit from this structural security with Kubernetes.
Contactour sales team directly if you would like to find out more about the benefits of switching to Kubernetes for you and your company.