Kubernetes and Container Security

It is a concept that usually combines IT infrastructure with software, helping to quickly deploy and manage applications. Infrastructure containers combine all the components required to run an application or service (for example, application code, runtime, dependencies, and configuration) into a single package. Infrastructure containers are used to run multiple container applications on the same physical or virtual machine, isolating them from each other. This isolation allows applications to run more securely and more stably. Containers also facilitate rapid scalability and application portability. Docker is one of the most popular infrastructure container technologies, and Docker containers create a container image that contains all the requirements of an application (dependencies, code, and configurations). This image can then be run using the Docker container management platform.

Some key advantages of infrastructure containers:

Rapid Deployment: Containers enable applications to be deployed quickly and consistently.

Isolation: Each container isolates its own runtime and resources, which increases security and ensures application stability.

Portability: Containers can run on any platform, allowing applications to be easily ported..

Scalability: Containers can scale quickly as needed, making them ideal for meeting high access demands.

Infrastructure containers are widely used in modern software development and deployment processes such as DevOps applications, cloud computing services, and microservices architectures.

Data Security: Data security involves protecting data from unauthorized access. Data encryption, access control, and monitoring are important elements used to ensure data security.

Growth and Scalability: IT infrastructure storage should be designed in a way that organizations can store more data and increase storage capacity as they grow.

IT infrastructure storage helps organizations securely store their data, ensure business continuity, provide access to data for big data analysis, and support business processes. Therefore, storage technologies and strategies are of great importance as a fundamental component of an organization’s IT infrastructure.

API Security

API security is the protection of the integrity of both the APIs you own and use. APIs are one of the most common ways microservices and containers communicate, just like systems and applications. As integration and interconnectivity become more important, APIs will become increasingly used in our operations. Open or hacked APIs are a leading cause of major data breaches.

REST APIs use HTTP or HTTPS and support Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. TLS is a standard that keeps an internet connection private and checks whether data sent between two systems (a server and a server or a server and a client) is encrypted or tampered with. This means that a hacker trying to expose your credit card information on a shopping site cannot read or modify your data.

With Imperva API Security, you can easily implement a positive security model.

Imperva authentication method
You can identify the end user. In a REST API, basic authentication can be performed using the TLS protocol, but 2 Auth. and OpenID Connect are more secure alternatives.

Imperva Authorization
You can specify the resources that a defined user can access. An API should be created and tested to prevent users from accessing API functions or operations outside of their predefined roles. For example, a read-only API client should not be allowed to access an endpoint that provides administrative functionality.

Imperva can validate your API calls against API schemas that clearly define expected constructs. Scanning payloads and performing schema validation can prevent code injections, malicious entity declarations, and parser attacks. Assigning an API token to each API call validates incoming queries and prevents attacks on endpoints.

Web Application Security (WAF)

Web Application Firewall helps protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP/HTTPS traffic between a web application and the Internet. It typically protects web applications against attacks such as cross-site forgery, cross-site scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and SQL injection, among others.

WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a Layer 7 defense in the OSI model and is designed to defend against all types of attacks. This attack mitigation method is usually part of a set of tools that form a holistic defense against a range of attack vectors. Imperva WAF helps you protect your applications with easy installation and a powerful intelligence database. Using pass-through management, the system can be optimized by looking only at application traffic. In addition, with the bypass method against hardware problems, your operations continue without interruption in your application traffic.

Annanowa is the only platinum partner of Imperva in Turkey, which is the clear leader in its field according to Gartner, one of the world’s largest rating institutions, and provides WAF solutions to its customers to ensure the security of applications in both cloud and on-premise environments.

Open Source Code Analysis

It is a known fact that almost all attacks in today’s technology are caused by vulnerabilities at the application level. One of the most critical ways to ensure the security of the application is to ensure that Source Code Analysis is performed. A forgotten vulnerability in the source codes, which are the cornerstones of the application, can lead to major security breaches. For this reason, Source Code Analysis products and/or services are especially recommended by our team.

In addition, research shows that the ratio of open source code snippets/libraries used by software developers when creating a product is between 60-80 in the total project. In other words, although the source code analysis products used do very critical work, they can only test the security of a relatively small part of the product.

Thanks to our collaboration with Whitesource, one of the world’s leading open source code security products, you can:

Have an inventory of Open Source libraries in your code

Vulnerabilities found in these Open Source libraries

Information on whether you use existing vulnerabilities in your code

Solution suggestions to close these security gaps

Information on problems that may arise from open source licenses

And you can make your software and application more secure in these areas.

API-BOT Security

Bir organizasyonun uygulamalarını ve API’larını korumak için kullanılan bir dizi güvenlik önlemi ve teknolojilerini ifade eder. API-BOT güvenliği, organizasyonların uygulama programlama arabirimleri (API’lar) yoluyla veri ve hizmetlerin paylaşılmasını sağlarken aynı zamanda siber tehditlere ve kötü niyetli botlara karşı korunmasını amaçlar. İşte API-BOT güvenliğinin temel bileşenleri ve önemli konuları:

Kimlik Doğrulama ve Yetkilendirme: API’ları kullanacak olan istemcilerin (uygulamalar veya botlar) kimliklerini doğrulamak ve hangi kaynaklara erişim izni verileceğini belirlemek için etkili kimlik doğrulama ve yetkilendirme mekanizmaları kullanılır. Bu, yetkisiz erişimleri önler.

API Anahtarları: API anahtarları, istemcilerin API’ları kullanırken kimliklerini doğrulamalarını sağlayan özel anahtarlar veya belirteçlerdir. API anahtarları, istemcileri izlemek ve sınırlamak için kullanılabilir.

Rate Limiting (Hız Sınırlama): API’lara yönelik aşırı kullanım veya kötü niyetli botlar tarafından yapılan yoğun isteklerin engellenmesi için hız sınırlama politikaları kullanılır. Bu, API’ları aşırı yüklemeden korur.

API Web Güvenliği: API’lar için web güvenliği önlemleri, siber tehditlere karşı koruma sağlar. Bu, güvenlik duvarları, veri şifreleme, sızma testleri ve diğer güvenlik önlemlerini içerir.

Zararlı Bot Tespiti: API’lara yönelik istekleri analiz eden ve potansiyel zararlı botları tanımlayan bot tespiti teknikleri kullanılır. Bu, otomatik botlar ve kötü amaçlı etkinlikleri tespit eder ve engeller.

Günlük ve İzleme: API istekleri, güvenlik olayları ve trafik izlemesi için günlüklenir. Bu, güvenlik ihlallerini tespit etmek ve yanıtlamak için kullanılır.

Veri Şifreleme: API aracılığıyla iletilen verilerin şifrelenmesi, veri güvenliği sağlar. Özellikle hassas verilerin aktarıldığı durumlarda şifreleme önemlidir.

Güvenlik Testleri: API’lar için düzenli olarak güvenlik testleri yapmak, zayıf noktaları tanımlamak ve düzeltme gerektiren güvenlik açıklarını tespit etmek için gereklidir.

API-BOT güvenliği, organizasyonların hem verilerini hem de hizmetlerini korumak için önemlidir. Özellikle API’lar, bir organizasyonun diğer uygulamalar veya hizmetlerle etkileşimde bulunduğu ve dışarıdan erişilebildiği noktalar olduğundan, bu güvenlik önlemleri siber saldırılara ve kötü niyetli botlara karşı koruma sağlar.

Cloud Application Vulnerability Analysis And Security

Cloud Application Vulnerability Analysis and Security involves analysis and security practices to detect and protect against vulnerabilities in cloud-based applications. As more and more companies adopt cloud technologies, securing these applications becomes critical. Here are the key elements:

Vulnerability Detection: Identifying potential vulnerabilities in cloud applications using automated and manual tools. These vulnerabilities can include risks such as code errors, misconfigurations, unauthorized access, and data leakage.

Security Testing and Penetration Testing (Pentest): Security testing and penetration testing are conducted regularly to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses. These tests provide protection by uncovering potential threats and attack vectors.

Secure Software Development: Security measures are incorporated into the software development process from the beginning. Secure coding practices help in early detection of vulnerabilities.

Access Control and Authorization: Mechanisms such as two-factor authentication (2FA) and role-based access control (RBAC) help prevent unauthorized access.

Data Encryption and Privacy: Data is encrypted in cloud applications, providing protection both during transmission and storage. Privacy policies focus on protecting user data.

Security Monitoring and Threat Intelligence: Continuous security monitoring and threat intelligence monitor unusual or suspicious activity in cloud applications, detecting threats early and ensuring response.

Cloud Application Vulnerability Analysis and Security are critical to ensuring the security of cloud-based systems and applications. These analysis and security measures help protect your cloud-based business while reducing risks such as data loss and service interruption.

Source Code Analysis

Source Code Analysis is a technique for identifying potential security vulnerabilities, errors, and performance issues by examining the source code of the software. This analysis is used to increase security and quality in the software development process. Source code analysis can be done with both static and dynamic methods.

Static Analysis: It detects errors and security vulnerabilities by examining the source code without running it. Using automated tools, suspicious structures, bad practices, and misconfigurations in the code are identified.

Dynamic Analysis: It reveals potential security risks and performance issues by analyzing the behavior of the application while it is running. This method shows how the application behaves under real-world usage conditions.

The main purposes of Source Code Analysis are:

Detecting Security Vulnerabilities: It reduces security risks by detecting common vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, XSS, unauthorized access, and buffer overflows in the early stages.

Improving Quality and Reliability: It helps evaluate the consistency, readability, and maintainability of the code, thus improving the overall quality of the software.

Compliance and Standards Compliance: Source code analysis ensures compliance with industry standards and legal compliance requirements.

Early Fixes and Improvements: By detecting bugs early in the development process, it helps to fix software faster and more cost-effectively.

Source Code Analysis is a critical tool for improving security and quality in the software development process. Both automated tools and manual reviews can be used to ensure that the software is secure, reliable, and performant.

RASP

RASP, or “Runtime Application Self-Protection,” is a security technology designed to protect software applications while they are running.

RASP works inside applications and protects applications from cyberattacks by monitoring and responding to threats in real time. Unlike traditional security measures, RASP provides a unique layer of protection by operating as an intrinsic part of the application.