How Thales and Red Hat Secure Kubernetes Data in a 5G World

The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that operate 5G mobile broadband networks face many challenges related to their highly distributed infrastructure. While Kubernetes presents a promising solution for addressing these challenges, MNOs need to mitigate the data security challenges that arise from using Kubernetes for 5G deployments. Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes integrates seamlessly with Red Hat OpenShift to secure data in persistent volumes attached to pods running on OpenShift. Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes is certified in the Red Hat ecosystem catalogue, as well as a certified Kubernetes operator.

Kubernetes and the 5G world

Kubernetes is cloud software container management that can help carriers with 5G Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), since containers are essential to getting cloud software and services to operate at scale. Kubernetes clusters can span hosts across on-premise, public, private, or hybrid clouds. For this reason, Kubernetes is an ideal platform for hosting cloud-native applications that require rapid scaling, like real-time data communications.

MNOs’ challenges in the highly distributed 5G environment range from managing their complex IT infrastructure yet also ensuring software applications run efficiently across all layers. This same infrastructure also needs to be flexible, in order to meet ever evolving business and performance needs.

For these reasons, 5G networks require dynamic and scalable infrastructures built on a services-based architecture. These services must be deployed across several geographically distributed environments, creating a significan

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