Cryptojacking, ransomware, and data breaches are all hot buzzwords and describe the insanity of our security posture today. While clicking on an email or losing a usb thumbstick can cause problems it's frustrating to know that you can still break into most systems the precise same way I was able to over 20 years ago.
This new age where every company is adopting ever more increasing amounts of software is changing the dynamic of how we provision software. Long ago are the days when we could point to Mars the database or Jupiter the webserver. Developers are spinning up tens, hundreds and even thousands of VMs today. The container craze is complicating it even further.
The root (pun intended) cause of most of our security problems is because we are utilizing operating system concepts that were designed in the 1960s for a very very different universe.
Why are remote code execution attacks even possible? How is it that our systems are explicitly designed to let attackers run their code on them? Are there other ways of provisioning software that doesn't necessitate giving attackers everything they need to successfully penetrate?
It's time to take out the garbage.
Ian is a self-taught computer science expert in operating systems and mainstream security. He is dedicated to initiating a revolution and mass upgrade of global software infrastructure that is based on 50-year-old technology. Prior to cracking the code of unikernels and developing a commercially viable solution, Ian served as an engineer at enterprise mobile security provider Appthority. Previously, he worked at Bluff.com on poker analytics and studied Computer Science briefly at the University of Missouri-Rolla before pursuing a call to travel the world. For more information on NanoVMS, visit www.nanovms.com