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Managed Kubernetes is Not the Same as Managed Platform: How Companies Remain Sovereign in the Long Term Part 3 of our series “Build or Buy …
The Hidden Costs of Kubernetes: Why Infrastructure is Usually the Smallest Expense Part 2 of our series “Build or Buy Kubernetes” After …
Why the Real Decision Begins Long Before the First Cluster Part 1 of our series “Build or Buy Kubernetes” When discussing the use of …
TL;DR Audit trails are the core of any transparent IaC environment. Polycrate IaC models traceability as a continuous principle: changes are …
TL;DR Cloud agnosticism means describing infrastructure definitions independently of providers. Polycrate IaC creates an abstract layer that enables …
TL;DR Securing IaC pipelines requires integrated secrets management, clear access control, and automated compliance. Secrets and tokens must be …
TL;DR Polycrate Governance combines Policy-as-Code, audit trails, and complete traceability. Central policy catalogs, gate decisions during …
TL;DR Polycrate reusability enables organizing IaC through modular components and template-driven design. With clear interfaces, version control, and …
TL;DR Policy-driven standardization reduces infrastructure drift, increases auditability, and accelerates release cycles. A central template library …
TL;DR Polycrate enables scalable operations through centralized runbooks, Observability, and automated workflows. This post demonstrates how runbooks …
TL;DR polycrate vendor lock-in cloud is addressed through clear interoperability, portability, and digital sovereignty. The approach provides …
TL;DR Polycrate platform operations require security-by-design, comprehensive audit logging, and clear governance. By employing policy-as-code, RBAC, …
TL;DR Polycrate self-service platform engineering enables teams to provision infrastructure, platform services, and applications themselves through a …
TL;DR The shift from monoliths to polycrate platforms transforms architecture, organization, and operations. Multiple independent building blocks …
TL;DR Polycrate enables lifecycle-oriented infrastructure logic: Policy-as-Code, observability, and automation across all phases of the resource …
TL;DR Polycrate platforms enable portability and digital sovereignty by integrating open standards, container-based deployments, and cross-platform …
TL;DR Reusability is achieved through modular templates, clear interfaces, and Policy-as-Code. Polycrate enables the assembly of stable template …
TL;DR Polycrate migration succeeds with clear migration paths, targeted refactoring, and controlled integrations. A gradual transition, …
TL;DR Polycrate Digital Sovereignty is realized through domain-based Compliance Domains: clear boundaries, policy-driven enforcement, and …
TL;DR Polycrate employs a declarative, Kubernetes-centric control approach with an execution-driven engine. Compared to traditional automation tools, …
TL;DR Role-based access controls, rights management, and policy management are central components for secure, auditable platforms. In Polycrate, role …
TL;DR Polycrate offers secure automation through integrated policy management and RBAC. By implementing clear roles, policy-driven decisions, and …
TL;DR Policy-Driven Automation is guided by declarative policies matured through policy engines. Polycrate enables consistent architecture control, …
TL;DR Polycrate platform operations governance means understanding policy management, compliance, and automation as an integrated cycle. Governance …
TL;DR Polycrate Multi-Cloud Governance consolidates policies, security models, and compliance controls across multiple clouds. Key benefits include …
🧠 Editorial This week is about much more than just Cloud and AI: The EU is targeting AWS and Azure, Palantir is once again sparking discussions, and …
TL;DR The cloud strategy platform operations combine governance, architectural standards, and multi-cloud orientation into a coherent operational …
TL;DR Policy-as-Code and clear guidelines transform governance in platform operations into an automatic, traceable discipline. Versioned security …
TL;DR Zero Trust platform operations mean that every interaction is verified, secrets are managed automatically, and auditability is an integral …
TL;DR Self-service platforms enable developers to deploy quickly and independently, but they require clear governance and strong security mechanisms. …
TL;DR Platform operations architecture transforms infrastructure management into a product-oriented platform. Through governance as code, platform …
TL;DR Open-source platforms, digital sovereignty, and Europe are inextricably linked. An open architecture with governance transparency, multi-cloud …
TL;DR Open APIs reduce vendor lock-in by bridging location and cloud boundaries with clear contracts and portable data models. API-first promotes …
TL;DR Infrastructure as Code enables consistent platform operating models, traceable changes, and complete audit trails. Through modular IaC …
TL;DR Kubernetes orchestration in a hybrid cloud requires clear principles: consistent policies, centralized control, and secure cross-cluster …
TL;DR Open standards enable portability, interoperability, and compliance across provider boundaries. Open Standards Kubernetes Europe creates a …
TL;DR A governance-first approach is the central lever for hybrid platforms in Europe. It reduces regulatory risks, prevents vendor lock-in, and …
TL;DR This analysis demonstrates how European multi-cloud strategies ensure resilience, compliance, and independence. Key patterns include …
TL;DR Digital sovereignty is achieved through governance, interoperability, and clear data ownership, not merely through cloud diversification. …
TL;DR Extraterritorial access rights significantly impact operations, legal compliance, and auditability in cloud environments. Data sovereignty, …
TL;DR Political decisions shift regulations, data protection and export rules, and sanctions. Security architectures must remain flexible: through …
TL;DR Sanctions and extraterritorial access directly impact operations, monitoring, and incident response. Export controls, data locality, access …
TL;DR Geostrategic cloud services create supply chain dependencies that significantly influence operational, security, and cost decisions. …
TL;DR For kubernetes-compliance-audit, organizations need consistent audit trails, clear governance processes, and secure log architectures. Audit …
TL;DR Kubernetes open platforms create digital sovereignty, reduce vendor lock-in, and enhance interoperability across multi-cloud environments. Open …
TL;DR A Kubernetes multi-region architecture reduces downtime through geo-redundancy but increases complexity in replication, consistency, and …
TL;DR Zero-Trust is not a single tool but an architectural style: clearly verify identities, restrict privileges, continuously check policies, and …
TL;DR Avoiding vendor lock-in requires clear standardization, portability, and cloud interoperability. By using standardized APIs, open data formats, …
TL;DR The EU Data Act requires clear governance of data flows, transparent access controls, and auditable paths. Operationally, this means …
TL;DR European cloud platforms are gaining relevance due to strict governance, data protection, and export-controlled operational models. Sovereignty …
TL;DR Multi-cloud governance requires consistent policies, automated policy management, and a centralized security architecture across clouds. …
TL;DR Data sovereignty in multi-cloud architecture requires clear demarcations: data sovereignty remains where the data rests; governance is encoded …
In digital customer service, load is rarely linearly predictable. On a normal day, ticket volume usually trickles in quietly - the support team …
Operators of modern container platforms and web applications often find themselves in a false sense of security due to internal cluster metrics. The …
The transition to a modern GitOps architecture fundamentally changes the way IT teams operate. Instead of configuring infrastructure manually, the …
The Closed Software Supply Chain: Container Registry and Repository in Harmony In modern DevOps workflows, speed is key. Continuous Integration (CI) …
The decision to operate a modern Kubernetes-based platform in your own data center is a milestone towards digital sovereignty for system integrators …
The days when information security in medium-sized businesses was primarily treated as an internal, purely technical concern are definitively over. …
For IT service providers and system houses, agreeing on Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is standard business. Customers demand contractually …
TL;DR Core message: Compliance in platform architecture is achieved through standardized principles, auditable processes, and clear governance. …
TL;DR Digital sovereignty requires cloud independence, avoiding reliance on individual providers. An open platform architecture with portable …
TL;DR A scalable platform requires an identity-driven security architecture: Zero-Trust, granular access control, dynamic secrets management, …
TL;DR Infrastructure as Code is more than automation: it becomes the blueprint of a cloud platform. Standardized IaC patterns enable consistent …
TL;DR GitOps anchors deployments in Git and IaC, automates platform operations, and enhances reproducibility. Through declarative states, drift …
TL;DR Platform Engineering reduces operational complexity by offering a product-oriented platform with self-service capabilities. Through standards, …
TL;DR Disaster Recovery in Kubernetes requires more than just backups. An RPO/RTO-driven strategy leverages cross-region backup replication, …
TL;DR Kubernetes multi-cluster operations require a federated control plane combined with clearly defined data sovereignty and compliance rules. …
TL;DR Kubernetes Registry Management requires clear guidelines for consistency, security, and governance. Digest-Driven Deployments, image signing, …
TL;DR This post compares HA patterns in Kubernetes, focusing on etcd replication, control plane redundancy, and platform-wide failover concepts. It …
TL;DR SRE operational guidelines in Kubernetes require clear SLOs, structured runbooks, and standardized incident management. Automated escalations, …
TL;DR Data localization involves more than choosing a location: it’s about data-path-based decisions, legal delineations, and controlled …
TL;DR Open standards and regulatory principles are key factors in achieving European cloud infrastructure sovereignty. An architecture that ensures …
TL;DR Policy-driven Kubernetes governance integrates RBAC, audit, and compliance into a central architecture. Policy engines like OPA Gatekeeper or …
TL;DR Exit strategies in multi-cloud mean true portability instead of sugarcoating: Open APIs, open standards, and clear data portability minimize …
The success of modern cloud-native platforms hinges on the security and availability of their software artifacts. When CI/CD pipelines continuously …
The dynamic orchestration of microservices on Kubernetes requires a constant supply of sensitive credentials, API keys, and passwords to …
The virtualization of computing power has reached an unprecedented level of maturity through Kubernetes. Containers are launched, moved, and scaled …
🧠 Editorial This week, I repeatedly asked myself whether we in IT are actually solving problems or just swapping the names of the problems. In the …
In traditional software deployment, the push principle was long considered standard: A CI/CD pipeline builds the code, generates the container …
The distributed nature of modern IT infrastructures has definitively dismantled traditional network boundaries. When Kubernetes clusters operate …
In the dynamic world of Kubernetes, microservices, databases, and APIs are in constant exchange. This seamless data flow forms the heart of modern …
Transparency over the performance of microservices and distributed architectures is no longer optional in the cloud-native era—it’s vital. When …
Why Platforms Have Become the Actual Security Architecture of Modern Infrastructures In the previous parts of this series, we explored various …
Why Standardization is Not a Limitation but a Security Strategy Few terms are as frequently misunderstood in technical discussions as …
Why Governance Must Be a Feature of the Platform, Not Just a Policy Governance is one of those terms that frequently appear in technical discussions …
Why Secrets Are Not an Infrastructure Problem When discussing the security of modern platforms, the topic of secrets inevitably arises sooner or …
Why Reproducibility is a Security Requirement In recent years, Infrastructure as Code has become one of the most crucial components of modern …
Why the Most Critical Systems in Your Infrastructure Are Often Not Productive In the traditional understanding of IT security, productive systems …
Why Modern Platforms Cannot Be Secured Retroactively The discussion about IT security is still dominated by a misconception. Security is often seen …
Why Headlamp is More Than Just a New UI The Kubernetes Dashboard was the first visual entry point to Kubernetes for many teams. It made visible what …
When medium-sized companies, government agencies, or critical infrastructure operators (KRITIS) migrate their applications to Kubernetes, compliance …
When companies distribute their business-critical workloads across multiple regions or in hybrid scenarios (cloud and on-premises), disaster recovery …
In the early stages of container projects, things are usually simple: A small development team builds a handful of microservices, shares a common …
In discussions about cloud transformation, the narrative often suggests that the future of IT lies solely in globally connected, public cloud …
To maximize the security of your container supply chain, automated CVE scanning at the cluster boundary is essential. The combination of registry …
Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) has revolutionized software development. Code changes flow automatically through pipelines, are packaged …
The European cybersecurity directive NIS-2 (Network and Information Security) has significantly expanded the scope of regulated companies. While the …
The architecture of modern cloud-native platforms ideally follows the principle of statelessness. Requests are distributed across a global Anycast …
In modern Cloud-Native design, the principle of functional division of labor applies. As we saw in the first post of this series (Layer 4 vs. Layer 7 …
When a medium-sized company or corporation decides to modernize its IT infrastructure, migration is almost always on the agenda. Workloads move from …
In the architecture of modern, highly available IT infrastructures, load balancing is at the forefront. As applications scale and are distributed …
When companies and government agencies discuss the cloud, the term “sovereignty” almost inevitably comes up. However, the more intense …
When companies think about IT security, they usually focus on firewalls, encryption, or protection against phishing. However, legislators are now …
DORA-ready in the Financial Sector: What ICT Third-Party Risk Management Means for DNS For banks, insurance companies, securities firms, and their …
In the world of IT infrastructure, there’s an unwritten rule: “Never trust a single route.” Companies naturally rely on redundancy …
🧠 Editorial This week, Europe’s tech debate feels like a reality check after ten years of cloud marketing. While the Netherlands suddenly …
Digital Sovereignty Requires Portability The European debate on digital sovereignty has been stuck in a remarkably superficial loop for years. …
In many industrial and corporate structures, there is a constant tension between two departments. On one side are the data engineering and analytics …
When companies decide to modernize their IT infrastructure, short-term criteria are usually at the forefront: What features does the software offer …
The discussion about digital sovereignty, the US CLOUD Act, and IT compliance is often conducted at a very theoretical level. However, the structured …
When medium-sized companies plan their IT strategy for the coming years, they often find themselves in a strategic dilemma. On one hand, there is the …
In modern business IT, two departments often stand in stark opposition: IT security demands increasingly complex passwords, additional authentication …
When companies think about IT security, cyberattacks, data loss, or server failures are usually at the forefront. A much more subtle but often …
The use of established US SaaS solutions is standard in the mid-sized business sector. Whether for collaboration, customer support, or document …
When granting potential customers access to a test instance, you open a window into your technology. This is essential for closing sales but presents …
Every SaaS marketing manager dreams of it: A prospect lands on the website, clicks “Free Trial,” and can start immediately. But in the …
Who hasn’t experienced this? In the middle of an important product presentation, unexpected data appears, the system responds extremely slowly, …
For many SaaS providers, compliance checks by a new major client or an official audit (like ISO 27001) or SOC2 are daunting projects. Logs are …
“We have a nightly backup.” In many SaaS companies, this phrase is the standard response to questions about data security. However, the …
The Big Tech Lobby in Germany is Larger Than Many Believe The new lobby map from the Center for Digital Rights and Democracy visualizes a problem …
In the modern IT world, video is the crown discipline. A high-performance video infrastructure today must be many things at once: elastically …
In a multi-tenant environment (many customers on one platform), video is a selfish workload. If Customer A starts a massive live event with 10,000 …
When thinking about monitoring, many first consider technical metrics. However, monitoring endpoints inevitably involves data processing, bringing …
In many companies, preparing for an IT security audit is a massive effort: systems are manually checked for weeks, configurations are reconciled, and …
It’s a classic in IT operations: A critical service suddenly becomes unreachable, browsers display warning messages, and customers escalate. …
Many IT departments feel secure because their monitoring dashboards consistently show “green.” The servers are up, CPU load is low, and …
With the enactment of NIS-2 and the tightening of national security laws (such as BSIG 2.0), the playing field for KRITIS operators has changed. It …
A multi-region architecture is only as strong as the consistency of its locations. If Region A uses a different configuration, security patches, or …
In the traditional IT world, maintenance windows are a necessary evil. They usually occur at night or on weekends to minimize disruption. However, in …
In a multi-region architecture, managing data is the ‘final boss’. While stateless applications can be easily distributed across …
In a multi-region architecture, we face a paradox: we want to isolate clusters as much as possible to avoid cascading failures, yet we must also …
When critical infrastructure fails, every second counts. The key metric here is the RTO (Recovery Time Objective). In many disaster recovery …
Operators of critical infrastructures (KRITIS) invest heavily in fail-safety. However, this planning often ends at the data center’s property …
The vision of a fully connected “Smart Factory” is impressive, but to many production managers, it seems like an unattainable mammoth …
In the theory of Industry 4.0, everything is interconnected, speaks OPC-UA, and delivers clean data streams. The reality in German factory halls is …
The days when machines on the shop floor were protected by an “Air Gap”—the physical separation from the internet—are definitively over. …
🧠Editorial The Tech World is Writing Its Own Rules The German Armed Forces reject Palantir because software is no longer just software. Microsoft …
– but what if there’s a real fire? When customer systems are on fire, we act like firefighters—quickly, methodically, and solution-oriented. …
🧠 Editorial This week clearly shows where things are tipping: We talk about digital sovereignty – and simultaneously realize how deeply we are still …
Transforming Mature Ansible Structures into a Scalable Polycrate Platform Architecture 1. The Strategic Necessity of Transformation In modern …
In the early stages of a SaaS product or an eCommerce solution, speed is everything. To go live quickly, the path through virtual machines (VMs) and …
Monitoring alerts have become background noise in many IT organizations. When the phone rings at 3 AM, the first reaction is often annoyance rather …
In the fintech world, there’s a well-known phenomenon: the software is great, the team is convinced, but the legal and compliance department of …
When you ask an Ops team in a fintech about the most stressful event of the year, the answer is usually: “The annual IT audit.” For …
In regulatory discussions with BaFin or during due diligence by major banks, the term exit strategy inevitably comes up today. For a long time, this …
In recent years, the strategy for many fintechs was clear: “Managed first.” Those looking to grow quickly used the ready-made building …
Operating a DBaaS platform presents a mathematical trap: If the operational effort per database increases linearly with the number of customers, the …
When scaling a DBaaS platform, storage quickly becomes the most critical bottleneck. Databases have two opposing demands on storage infrastructure: …
Kubernetes might initially seem like a purely developer-centric topic—complex, technical, and far removed from everyday work life. However, this is a …
France is taking digital sovereignty seriously. The government has announced plans to phase out Windows in administration and replace it with Linux. …
🧠 Editorial This week, tech feels less like progress and more like a dose of reality. The same pattern everywhere: Things that were “good …
What the New EU-US Dialogue Platform Really Means Digital sovereignty has been a focus of political and regulatory initiatives in Europe for years. …
How the ayedo Sovereignty Score Provides Guidance Digital sovereignty is politically mandated and has long been more than an abstract guideline in …
In a multi-region architecture, “configuration drift” is the greatest enemy of resilience. Drift occurs when an urgent hotfix is applied …
In the world of Critical Infrastructures (KRITIS), having a sophisticated high availability concept in the drawer is not enough. Auditors and …
In the traditional IT world, maintenance windows are often a necessary evil. Operating system updates, Kubernetes upgrades, or critical database …
In a multi-region architecture for critical infrastructures (KRITIS), data consistency is the greatest technical challenge. While we can easily …
Operating highly available platforms for critical infrastructures (KRITIS) presents an architectural challenge: To achieve maximum fault tolerance, …
GitOps Platform Independence through Polycrate Automation Understanding the automation layer that creates a coherent, reproducible deployment pipeline …
TL;DR Cloud independence in Kubernetes landscapes is not achieved through isolated clusters but through orchestrated abstraction that centralizes …
TL;DR Zero-Trust architecture provides the necessary security and governance foundation for digital sovereignty in heterogeneous environments. Core …
Introduction For a long time, digital sovereignty was discussed as a political buzzword—vague, elusive, and often without immediate consequence for …
Why Encryption Alone Is Not Enough Introduction Encryption is considered the pinnacle of modern IT security. Data is protected, access is controlled, …
Introduction Many cloud strategies in European companies are based on an assumption long considered a pragmatic compromise: As long as data is stored …
In a traditional cloud environment, customers receive their IP addresses from the cloud provider. This is convenient but creates a dangerous …
In traditional high availability scenarios, DNS (Domain Name System) is the standard tool for failover. If location A fails, the DNS entry is …
In the world of critical infrastructures (KRITIS), “high availability” is not just a buzzword but a legal and societal obligation. Those …
Industrial corporations today face a paradoxical challenge: they must adapt the agility and innovative power of cloud startups while maintaining the …
In software development, versioning code is standard. However, in data engineering and AI projects, this is not sufficient. A model consists not only …
In many data engineering teams, starting a new project follows a frustrating pattern: First, Python versions, R libraries, SQL drivers, and CUDA …
In the early stages of an e-commerce agency, the approach is usually pragmatic: each new client shop gets its own hosting package. One shop with …
When building a modern IT infrastructure today, one faces a strategic decision: either buy into the convenience (and dependency) of large US SaaS …
Editorial This week feels like a reality check for multiple narratives at once. AI is suddenly not just innovation, but a cost issue. Digital …
Why the EVB-IT Reform is a Turning Point for Government IT Public IT procurement in Germany has long been characterized by a structural …
The recent warnings from CISA and Amazon about active attacks on Cisco FMC, Microsoft SharePoint, and Zimbra initially appear to be a routine process …
TL;DR Migrating from centralized hyperscaler platforms to modern decentralized architectural approaches requires precise planning and execution. Best …
TL;DR Security in cloud architectures is a critical factor for companies utilizing digital technologies. Growing demands for compliance, data …
TL;DR Modern cloud architectures play a crucial role in Europe’s digital sovereignty. By gaining independence from hyperscalers and …
TL;DR For a long time, Elasticsearch was the undisputed standard for log analytics and full-text search. But then Elastic changed its license, …
Why Regulation is an Architectural Issue Few topics are currently causing as much turmoil in IT as new regulatory requirements. GDPR, NIS-2, DORA, …
Why License Freedom Alone Does Not Create Control In the European digital debate, Open Source is often seen as synonymous with digital sovereignty. …
The cloud market is entering a new phase. For a long time, the equation was simple: those who wanted to scale went to the hyperscalers. Those who …
TL;DR The classic VPN (“Hub-and-Spoke”) is a relic. It forces all traffic through a central bottleneck, slowing down the connection and …
In a perfect world, your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) repository is the absolute “Source of Truth.” Every change to load balancers, DNS …
How a Platform Makes European Technology Visible Digital sovereignty has become one of the central topics in European technology policy. In political …
In the gold rush surrounding Artificial Intelligence, a critical aspect is often overlooked: the security of the underlying data. When companies …
Why Stable Interfaces Are Crucial for the Ecosystem Kubernetes is now much more than a Container orchestrator. A vast ecosystem has developed around …
Preparing for an ISO 27001 audit in many companies still resembles a manual Sisyphean task. For weeks, screenshots of configurations are taken, Excel …
In modern software development, the unsecured handling of credentials—so-called “Hardcoded Secrets” (static secrets) in Git …
The complexity of modern microservice architectures has reached a point in 2026 where traditional monitoring hits its limits. While metrics tell us …
The era of “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” has begun. While quantum computers capable of breaking commonly used asymmetric encryption …
By 2026, the threat landscape for medium-sized businesses has fundamentally worsened. Regulatory requirements such as NIS-2 and DORA no longer demand …
In 2026, the threat landscape for European SMEs is more precarious than ever. Identity theft has become the number one attack vector, as traditional …
In September 2026, the transition period for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) ends. What began as a regulatory framework has evolved into the toughest …
Anyone seriously running Infrastructure-as-Code knows the problem: the workspace in the Git repository contains kubeconfigs, SSH keys, passwords, and …
Why Germany’s Digital Sovereignty Has Become a Security Issue Digital sovereignty is no longer just an industrial policy buzzword. It is a …
Europe’s Economic Power The trade conflict with the USA is reflexively narrated in Europe as a power asymmetry. Washington imposes tariffs, …
The BSI draws a clear line: From the end of 2031, the sole use of classical key agreement methods like RSA and ECC will no longer be recommended. For …
Why Digital Sovereignty Without Competition Remains an Illusion The debate on digital sovereignty in Europe is often oversimplified. It usually …
Today’s internet security relies almost entirely on the difficulty of factoring large numbers into prime factors (RSA) or computing discrete …
In the past, securing the front door (the firewall) was enough. But today, threats come “delivered to your door”—hidden in the thousands …
In IT security, the “fortress” principle long prevailed: high walls, deep moats (firewalls). But the reality in 2026 shows: Once an …
The Ingress-NGINX Controller maintained by the Kubernetes community (repository kubernetes/ingress-nginx) will officially reach its end of life in …
Edge Computing in the Enterprise Context: Opportunities and Limitations Architectural Models, Security Implications, and Operational Reality Edge …
Multi-Cloud Strategies for SMEs and Enterprises Architectural Principles, Governance, Security, and Operational Reality Multi-Cloud is no longer just …
In the past decade, the direction was clear: all data and processes were moving to the central cloud. However, we are reaching physical and economic …
A silent act of rebellion occurs daily in German offices. When the official process for data exchange with an architectural firm via the …
The Year European Regulation Becomes Operational 2026 is not a year of new grand digital policy announcements. It is the year when European digital …
For MedTech companies and developers of Digital Health Applications (DiGAs), the path to market is not a sprint but a hurdle race through regulatory …
In modern acute medicine, IT is no longer a supporting process – it is part of the treatment. If imaging procedures (PACS), lab results, or digital …
TL;DR Identity is the new perimeter. Outsourcing login and user management to SaaS services like Auth0 or AWS Cognito initially offers convenience …
TL;DR Kubernetes is permissive by default: it allows developers almost anything, including insecure configurations (e.g., running containers as …
1. Executive Summary Retail is undergoing the greatest transformation in its history. The separation between brick-and-mortar and e-commerce no …
The digitization of the Point of Sale (PoS) offers enormous advantages, but it also introduces a new threat: every connected device in the store—from …
The Architecture of Independence: What Sovereignty Really Looks Like What was decided last week in the EU Parliament marks far more than a political …
TL;DR The Container Registry is the heart of your software supply chain. Trusting cloud services like AWS ECR blindly treats your images merely as …
TL;DR In a multi-cloud world, security is not about location, but identity. Relying on cloud-specific tools like AWS Secrets Manager fragments your …
TL;DR Security often fails due to usability. While tools like HashiCorp Vault are powerful but operationally complex, and AWS Secrets Manager exists …
In modern retail, the fiercest competition no longer takes place on the shelves, but at the data level. Understanding what the customer will want …
In retail, timing is ruthless. A system failure on a Saturday afternoon, during the peak sales hours, is not just an “IT problem” for a …
Identity Management as a Control Instrument or Open Infrastructure Identity management is far more than just login and user administration. It …
Certificates as a Cloud Service or as Part of the Platform Architecture TLS certificates are often considered a necessary security detail. However, …
Secrets as a Cloud Service or as Part of the Kubernetes Platform Secrets are among the most sensitive components of modern applications. Credentials, …
Secret Management as a Cloud Function or as a Standalone Security Architecture Secrets are not a fringe topic. Credentials, API keys, tokens, and …
Secrets as a Hyperscaler Service or as an Open Developer Security Platform Secrets are among the most inconspicuous yet critical components of modern …
Identity as a Service or as Infrastructure Azure Entra ID and Keycloak address the same core issue: managing identities, controlling access, and …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.10 focuses on security, bringing comprehensive Kubernetes hardening for the Operator according to NIST SP 800-190 and CIS …
TL;DR Modern software development requires more than just code hosting. While hyperscalers like AWS attempt to lock developers into their platforms …
TL;DR Classic browser-based tracking (‘Client-Side’) is dying. Browser restrictions (ITP), AdBlockers, and GDPR make data collection …
TL;DR PDF generation is often a technical debt in modern web development. Outdated tools like wkhtmltopdf are no longer maintained, and embedding …
TL;DR Secrets (API keys, database passwords) do not belong in Git code, but their runtime provisioning is often complex. Integrating AWS Secrets …
TL;DR Kubernetes networking has long been a bottleneck, hindered by outdated Linux technologies (iptables). While AWS provides a solid base …
“Base64 is not encryption.” This phrase should be displayed prominently in every platform engineering team. Default Kubernetes Secrets …
In 2026, compliance is no longer a “paper tiger.” With regulations like the Cyber Resilience Act or certifications such as ISO 27001 and …
When companies invest in Platform Engineering, 90% of resources often go into technology: Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and security …
Imagine buying a ready-made meal at the supermarket without an ingredient list. For years, this was the standard in software development: we download …
Many IT managers in medium-sized businesses feel secure because they “do backups.” However, in a serious incident—such as a massive cloud …
The introduction of Artificial Intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises has opened a new security front. When we train LLMs or build RAG …
Current reports of massive data leakage from self-hosted Owncloud, Nextcloud, and ShareFile instances are technically unspectacular – and that is …
Zero Trust in Production: Why the Firewall Alone Is No Longer Enough For decades, the security strategy in industry was clearly defined: A strong …
The grace period for cybersecurity in the industry is coming to an end. With the new EU directive NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive), …
In modern software development, “always online” is the standard paradigm. However, in industrial manufacturing (OT), healthcare, or …
A portal for more security – on an insecure foundation? With the launch of the central BSI portal for NIS2 reports, the Federal Office for …
With version 0.29.1, Polycrate receives an important maintenance release with an Ansible upgrade for kubernetes.core compatibility. Python & …
A critical analysis of digital sovereignty in Germany and Switzerland While European governments emphasize the importance of digital sovereignty in …
Germany in Third Place – But Not in Patching Shortly before the end of 2025, what had long been practice became known: Over 11,500 MongoDB instances …
In the software world, “Continuous Delivery” is standard. However, in the industrial sector, the reality is often different: Updates for …
Cloud-Native Without Cloud Lock-in: Why Portability is the New Security When discussing modern IT infrastructure today, it’s impossible to …
With version 0.28.0, Polycrate receives its most comprehensive feature update yet. Three core areas are in focus: secure workspace encryption, an …
How Seemingly “Sovereign” Cloud Offerings Disguise Dependencies – and What ZenDiS Clarifies Digital sovereignty has taken a firm place in …
With the new digital strategy, Bavaria wants to technically mesh state and municipalities more closely, reduce IT security risks, and build a uniform …
Germany has transposed the European NIS2 directive into national law with considerable delay. The late implementation alone would already be …
Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee have announced the official end for Ingress NGINX. The component, which for years was …
Containers are the backbone of modern cloud infrastructure. They offer developers and ops teams unmatched agility and efficiency, based on the …
The US government has been demanding a comprehensive agreement on access to biometric police data from Europe for several years. The basis is the …
Evasion Attacks on LLMs: A BSI Guide to Defending Against Prompt Injections and Jailbreaks Large Language Models (LLMs) have become established in …
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has sent a clear message: it is launching a funding program to retrieve endangered research data from foreign …
TL;DR Guardrails are automated guidelines around your deployments: They prevent typical misconfigurations, enforce security by default, and enhance …
TL;DR Secrets in Git, classic Kubernetes secrets, and manual processes are no longer sufficient for zero-trust requirements and modern regulations. …
TL;DR A modern container registry is now a central compliance tool, especially in the context of the Cyber Resilience Act, NIS-2, and DORA. Harbor …
TL;DR Traditional container builds with Docker Daemon, root privileges, and docker.sock in CI systems pose an unnecessary security risk—especially …
Introduction ayedo specializes in tailored container solutions and operating complex applications, ensuring business-critical software runs reliably …
The introduction of AI browsers like OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity Comet marks the beginning of a new era in human-computer …
TL;DR GitLab CI/CD becomes the central orchestrator of your delivery workflow: clearly structured stages (build, test, package, deploy) make your …
TL;DR Keycloak is a mature open-source Identity & Access Management (IAM) solution that supports modern protocols like OAuth2, OpenID Connect …
TL;DR Harbor is an open-source container registry (CNCF Graduated Project) that combines registry functionality, security scanning, SBOM generation, …
TL;DR Cilium leverages eBPF to execute network functions directly in the Linux kernel, enabling high-performance, identity-based networking for modern …
TL;DR Deterministic security checks in the cloud-native environment are based on three pillars: Policy as Code, automated CVE scanning, and SBOM …
TL;DR Extending the classic 12-Factor-App with factors 13–15 (API First, Telemetry, Auth) is not a “nice-to-have” but a prerequisite for …
What initially seemed like a manageable incident has now officially turned into a complete loss of control: The firewall manufacturer SonicWall has …
The Localmind Case: What Happens When Security Promises Are Not Kept The self-description was promising: “Local & secure AI platform for …
New Standards for Compliance and European Cloud Sovereignty Effective immediately, ayedo customers have access to another powerful cloud provider: …
The reason given: The storage structure was too large, the transfer rates too slow. A declaration of bankruptcy. Anyone who decides not to maintain …
On October 5, 2025, it was revealed that an external support provider for the platform Discord was the target of a cyberattack. Personal data of …
TL;DR The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) mandates manufacturers of “Products with Digital Elements” (PDE) to demonstrate cybersecurity …
TL;DR NIS-2 expands the scope of EU cybersecurity regulation to 18 sectors, primarily involving medium and large companies in critical and important …
Cloudflare is far more than just a CDN provider. In addition to performance optimization and security features, the platform offers numerous tools …
Sovereignty Through Architecture Cloud-native software development is more than just a set of methods. It describes a paradigm that designs …
A critical look at CVE-2025-55241 On September 18, golem.de reported a security vulnerability in Microsoft Entra ID, discovered by security …
The news is making waves: Several npm packages from CrowdStrike – a company known for security and protection – have been compromised. What might …
The European Union is on the verge of enacting one of the most profound intrusions into digital privacy since the inception of the internet. The …
Since September 8th, concrete evidence has emerged that a number of extremely widespread NPM packages — including debug, chalk, ansi-styles, …
The security of software supply chains is one of the central topics in IT security today. Companies are under increasing pressure to ensure …
Storage in Kubernetes is by no means trivial. Stateful workloads impose the highest demands on stability, performance, and availability—handling …
The security of the software supply chain is one of the central topics in modern software development. With every new dependency, external artifact, …
Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for operating cloud-native applications. However, with its flexibility comes immense complexity. In …
Kubernetes v1.34: Precision, Security, and Maturity Kubernetes continues to grow – with version 1.34, the next major release is here. The cycle …
Kubernetes has provided proven mechanisms for years to manage incoming traffic into a cluster. Ingress controllers serve as a defined …
The fact that the Bundeswehr will store its data in the Google Cloud is not an IT project. It is a security policy capitulation. Just like the …
In a world where cloud-native architectures, remote development, and complex multi-cluster infrastructures have become the norm, traditional …
Developer Platforms by ayedo: Tailored, Flexible, and Future-Oriented At its core, Developer Platforms enable teams to guide software securely, …
How companies can make their GPU-Kubernetes environments secure, compliant, and efficient for AI development using tools like Kyverno, Vault, and …
The numbers are impressive – and alarming: Over an unsecured Elasticsearch database, 324 million log entries from the streaming platform MagentaTV …
The celebration over the recent “deal” between the EU and Donald Trump seems like a macabre staging. While Brussels publicly celebrates …
Palantir in Germany is more than just a software provider. It symbolizes a quiet shift in the state: away from democratic control, towards …
For a long time, digital transformation was considered a technical project: faster, more scalable, more efficient. Those who ventured into the cloud …
Why security vulnerabilities are not just technical risks but should provoke political decisions The newly discovered security vulnerability …
70% of European companies consider their dependency on non-European technology too high. This is not a gut feeling, but the result of the current …
On October 14, 2025, regular support for Windows 10 will end. What initially appears to many IT departments as a manageable maintenance date reveals …
A software developer, 22 simultaneous jobs, a scandal: The Soham Parekh case reads like a script for a sequel to “Catch Me If You Can.” …
New Features for More Control, Security, and Flexibility On July 1st, our sister company Loopback released a comprehensive update to their cloud …
What Microsoft’s new Sovereign Cloud really means – and what it doesn’t Microsoft has delivered. At least at first glance. With the …
A security incident is systemic when it repeats, scales, and becomes normalized. The current data breach with over 16 billion compromised credentials …
Satya Nadella introduced a new “Sovereignty Program” for European Microsoft customers in Amsterdam. Three cloud models, Hardware Security …
Cyber risks are increasing. Requirements are rising. And to be taken seriously as an IT service provider, you need more than just good technology. At …
Net neutrality means: All data on the internet is treated equally. Period. It doesn’t matter whether they come from a corporation, a research …
Digital sovereignty refers to an organization’s ability to manage its digital systems, data flows, and technical dependencies in a way that …
The question keeps coming up. Development teams deliver features, optimize releases, build clean architectures — yet they still get stuck in …
Everyone is talking about AI, Large Language Models, inference pipelines, custom LLMs, and co-pilots for all conceivable business processes. What is …
Software Development Doesn’t End with Code When developing applications for clients today, the next topic quickly arises: How is the software …
Health Data is a Special Case — Both Technically and Regulatorily Processing health data fundamentally differs from traditional corporate IT. It …
OZG Implementation: Software Alone is Not Enough The Online Access Act (OZG) obliges the federal government, states, and municipalities to make …
In most discussions about the Cloud Act, the focus is solely on data location. Data center in Frankfurt? ISO-certified? Encrypted? Sounds good. From …
A Technical Project That Raises Political Questions The announcement initially sounded straightforward: The Bundeswehr will build its private cloud …
A senior investigator of the International Criminal Court loses access to his emails – because a US President imposes sanctions. Microsoft complies. …
Today, we are excited to announce the release of etcd v3.6.0, the first minor release since etcd v3.5.0. This update brings numerous new features, …
Finally, Secure Access to Private Container Images! In the world of Kubernetes, surprises are not uncommon, and the functionality of imagePullPolicy …
A sovereign cloud requires more than just a data center in Europe. How the CLOUD Act collides with the GDPR—and which technologies enable true data …
The CLOUD Act allows US authorities to access European data, conflicting with the GDPR. Learn how companies can protect themselves technically and …
The new supplementalGroupsPolicy feature was introduced as an optional alpha feature in Kubernetes v1.31 and has now moved to beta in v1.33. The …
In Kubernetes v1.33, support for user namespaces is enabled by default. This means that Pods, when system requirements are met, have the ability to …
CVE shutdown averted – but Europe is charting its own course. With the new vulnerability database from ENISA, the EU is strengthening its digital …
The US funding for the CVE list has been stopped with immediate effect—potentially dramatic consequences for global IT security. Why Europe must now …
Digital sovereignty doesn’t end with tool selection or architecture. It only reaches its full potential when operations are efficient, secure, …
Introduction In the world of Kubernetes orchestration, the Ingress NGINX Controller plays a central role as it serves as the gateway for traffic to …
A Look at SIG etcd In this article, we take a look at the Kubernetes Special Interest Group (SIG) etcd. We spoke with some of the key players to learn …
The Uncertain Future of EU-US Data Transfer Regulatory uncertainty surrounding data exchange between the EU and the US is increasing once again. …
NIS2 Directive: Why Now is the Perfect Time for Enhanced Security – Ayedo Shows the Way The introduction of the NIS2 Directive has made waves in the …
Successful Partnership: ESCRA and ayedo Revolutionize ZTNA with Kubernetes and Cloud Hosting Strategic partnerships are crucial for combining …
An effective way to minimize these risks is through Cyber Risk Assessment. In this blog post, you will learn what Cyber Risk Assessment is, why it is …
Compliance Made Easy: ISO27001 as the Key to Regulatory Compliance Meeting legal requirements and data protection regulations is a constant challenge …
Protecting sensitive data is of utmost importance. A Cyber Risk Check is an effective tool to assess and improve your company’s security …
Cybersecurity threats are constantly increasing, and companies face the challenge of protecting their sensitive data. A Cyber Risk Assessment is an …
The Impact of ISO 27001 Certification on Data Protection and Data Integrity Data breaches and cyber-attacks are ubiquitous threats that can affect …
The Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) is the central link between the kubelet and the Container Runtime. These runtimes must provide a …
Linux offers various namespaces to isolate processes from each other. A typical Kubernetes Pod runs in a network namespace to isolate network identity …
In today’s digital world, managing user identities and access permissions is a central challenge for companies of all sizes. Single-Sign-On …
An effective way to minimize these risks is the Cyber Risk Check. In this blog post, you will learn how to identify and mitigate security …
Why ISO 27001 is Important for Businesses of All Sizes Information security is a central concern for businesses. From small start-ups to large …
The digital transformation not only brings advantages but also new challenges in the field of cybersecurity. To address these challenges and ensure …
ISO 27001: The Gold Standard for Information Security – What Does It Mean for Your Business? Today, more than ever, companies must protect their …
Network security is often neglected, even though it is of high importance! Both in the private and business sectors, often only one tool is used, and …
In today’s world, where technology plays a central role in our daily lives, the idea of a connected home - a Smart Home - has gained …
Kubernetes v1.25 introduced support for user namespaces only for stateless Pods. With Kubernetes 1.28, this limitation has been lifted following some …
Introduction The Kubernetes community took a significant step with version v1.24 by digitally signing their container image-based artifacts. With the …
In today’s digital world, cyber-attacks are more complex than ever. Companies providing cloud services continuously invest in security measures, …
Kubernetes v1.25 introduces a significant new feature: support for user namespaces. This functionality allows for secure workloads in Kubernetes by …
A long-standing wish of the Kubernetes community has been to create a programmatic way to track security issues in Kubernetes (also known as …
The release of Kubernetes v1.25 marks a significant milestone for pod security controls: the Pod Security Admission Controller (PSA) has reached …
The PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) was removed with Kubernetes v1.25. This decision was previously announced in the blog post PodSecurityPolicy Deprecation: …
The Ingress is one of the most frequently targeted components in Kubernetes. An Ingress typically defines an HTTP reverse proxy exposed to the …
At Box, we use Kubernetes (K8s) to manage hundreds of microservices that enable us to stream data at petabyte scale. As part of our deployment …
The Security Profiles Operator (SPO) is a pivotal extension for Kubernetes, significantly simplifying the management of seccomp, SELinux, and AppArmor …
Note: Our Sovereignty Check is currently only available in German. The assessment, score certificate and all recommendations are provided in German …