Kubernetes adoption, security, and market trends report 2023

Executive summary

Our 2023 edition of the State of Kubernetes Security Report delves into the latest findings from our annual survey around cloud-native security, focusing on containerized workloads and Kubernetes. This report is based on a survey of 600 DevOps, engineering, and security professionals from across the globe spanning large enterprises and small-to-medium sized organizations. The report uncovers some of the most common security challenges organizations face on their cloud-native adoption journey, and their impact on the business.

67% of companies have delayed or slowed down deployment due to a security issue

Our survey found that 67% of respondents have had to delay or slow down application deployment due to security concerns. Some organizations are overwhelmed by security needs that stretch across all aspects of the application life cycle, from development through deployment and maintenance. Therefore, they need a simplified way to protect their containerized applications without slowing development or increasing operational complexity.

When security is prioritized early, organizations are making an investment in protecting their valuable business assets, such as sensitive data, intellectual property, and customer information. They are also able to better meet regulatory requirements, ensure business continuity, maintain customer trust, and reduce their long-term cost of remediating security issues later in the development life cycle or after it has been exploited.