Published inEdgeless Systems·PinnedWe’re moving our blog to our website!Service announcement: this blog is now moving to https://www.edgeless.systems/blog/. We’ll continue to publish posts on confidential computing, security, cloud native and Kubernetes. If you enjoyed reading our writing, we strongly encourage you to subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop or follow us on LinkedIn!Edgeless Systems1 min readEdgeless Systems1 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·PinnedHow to setup Mattermost on the Kubernetes engine ConstellationAnd get memory and storage encryption for free — This blog post was written by Otto Bittner, Security Software Engineer at Edgeless Systems. Kubernetes is the most popular cloud orchestration platform, making it simple to deploy and manage containerized and distributed applications. Constellation is the most secure Kubernetes distribution, providing full encryption of data through confidential computing technology. …Kubernetes7 min readKubernetes7 min read
Dec 20, 2022Why you should deploy your own confidential GitLabThe challenge Relying on online platforms such as GitHub to manage sensitive source code is convenient, but also comes with security and compliance implications. In essence, users of such offerings have no way of telling who is able to access their repositories. …Gitlab3 min readGitlab3 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·Nov 8, 2022Confidential computing will take Blockchain to the next level of securityBlockchain is one of the biggest technology trends in recent years, with exciting potential across a seemingly endless range of use cases and applications. In their latest update to the Worldwide Blockchain Spending Guide, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that global blockchain spending will be nearly $19 billion by…Blockchain4 min readBlockchain4 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·Oct 21, 2022How is the performance of Constellation, the always-encrypted Kubernetes, compared to AKS and GKE?As you may know, we’ve recently released Constellation, the first confidential Kubernetes engine, as open source. Constellation keeps all data always encrypted — even at runtime in memory — and shields entire clusters from the infrastructure. …Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·Updated Oct 4, 2022Hi open-source community, confidential Kubernetes is now on GitHub!Constellation has landed open source on GitHub and you can now have your own confidential Kubernetes. Finally, the public cloud becomes the safest place for your sensitive data. Why are we doing this? Because confidential computing is the future of cloud computing Nowadays, most companies leverage cloud computing, one way or another. …Open Source3 min readOpen Source3 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·Jul 20, 2022The differences between Homomorphic Encryption and Confidential Computing and when to use whatSoftware applications typically need to decrypt data to process it. This offers a big attack surface and poses security and privacy risks. Paired with increasing privacy concerns, this is often the reason for companies to not move to the cloud. Homomorphic Encryption (HE) and Confidential Computing (CC) are both techniques…Homomorphic Encryption5 min readHomomorphic Encryption5 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·Jun 30, 2022GDPR Compliance in the Public Cloud with Confidential ComputingThe tensions surrounding GDPR, Schrems II and the US CLOUD Act are leading to major risks associated with the cloud transformation. In addition, there are uncertainties regarding data security. Confidential Cloud Computing is the solution. — More and more companies are seeing the benefits of the public cloud and are picking up speed in their transformation to a modern IT architecture. Nevertheless, this journey is also associated with risks: Who can access the company’s and customers’ data? How to ensure that no workloads have been compromised…Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·Oct 21, 2021How to make your microservice architecture end-to-end confidentialAugmenting Open Service Mesh on Kubernetes with confidential computing — Service Mesh is one of the most hyped technologies in the cloud native ecosystem. But behind all the noise there is some real important value that it brings to the table. …Confidential Computing6 min readConfidential Computing6 min read
Published inEdgeless Systems·Sep 8, 2021Spotlight: OcclumA look at the open-source confidential computing landscape — Welcome back to our spotlight series that features interesting projects from the confidential computing open-source community. In this blog post, we’re going to dive into Occlum and how its developer team optimized the project for the new generation of Intel SGX. Occlum — A brief introduction The mission of the…Open Source7 min readOpen Source7 min read
