Digital innovation continues to be the leading catalyst for organizations to migrate their applications and workloads to the cloud. At the same time, traditional application development has evolved from using monolithic software architecture to a more modular approach. By splitting applications into independent logical functions, or microservices, the use of container technology enables the portability of microservices across different public and private cloud environments. This approach is being widely adopted. Gartner predicts that by 2023, “70 percent of organizations will be running three or more containerized applications in production.”

Fortinet enables organizations to securely achieve the outcomes of their digital innovation through all phases of their cloud journey by delivering adaptive cloud security solutions that let them secure any application on any cloud, hybrid cloud or multi-cloud. And now, you can offer your customers a cloud native container and Kubernetes security solution. FortiCWP Container Guardian is designed to secure container registries from vulnerabilities and scan for misconfigurations to secure Kubernetes workloads.

“Shifting Left” in Modern Application Development
Modern application delivery incorporates a continuous cycle of building, testing and deploying applications at a rapid pace. As a result, organizations automate and streamline processes wherever they can. Many of them have implemented a “Shift-Left” practice of embedding security early in the software development cycle. A shift-left approach includes:

• Rapid detection of vulnerabilities for images and misconfigurations
• Integrations with leading CI/CD tools to automate and manage build cycles
• Automated policy enforcement
• Overall compliance and security-level best practices
• Fortinet’s FortiCWP Container Guardian technology aligns with shift-left practices. This container-integrated security solution provides deeper visibility into the security posture for container registries and images and provides the following benefits.
• Expanded Visibility - Container Guardian’s centralized dashboard provides developers with visibility into container registries and image inventory with deeper insights into security posture for vulnerabilities and other security violations for all container images.
• Vulnerability Management - FortiCWP Container Guardian actively scans container images for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations during the build process and enforces policies to prevent vulnerability propagation before images are deployed into container registries.

FortiCWP integrates with other container-based platforms to scan for vulnerabilities and categorize risk levels by container repository. The solution delivers continuous protection as registries are continuously monitored and scanned for new vulnerabilities.

• Integration into the DevOps Cycle - FortiCWP Container Guardian integrates with common CI/CD tools to embed security testing into the software development cycle and enforces policies to control the build process.
• Compliance - FortiCWP Container Guardian performs continuous audits in containers and clusters to detect misconfigurations and other non-compliant security practices with policies to automate remediation or inform IT teams with remediation recommendations.

Integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiCWP Container Guardian manages the risks of security misconfigurations, provides centralized visibility and administrative controls and enhances compliance with security best practices earlier in the development cycle. It integrates security and compliance in the DevSecOps workflow and across the container lifecycle—providing the most advanced security for modern software development.