Why containers aren’t secure by default: Edera on rethinking Cloud-Native security

At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026, we sat down with Alex Zenla, CEO of Edera, to explore the evolving realities of container security. Zenla shares his journey to founding Edera and unpacks his bold claim that containers aren’t inherently secure by default—highlighting why this misconception is especially risky in today’s production environments.

The conversation dives into the most pressing vulnerabilities facing organizations running containerized workloads, Edera’s approach to building stronger isolation and protection, and what “secure-by-default infrastructure” really means beyond just containers. Zenla also offers practical advice for platform and security teams beginning to take workload security seriously in an increasingly complex cloud-native landscape.