Securing a data center has never been more important. This is evident from some of the highly profile security breaches and cyber attacks. As data centers adapt hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), kubernetes and containers to modernize, reduce costs and streamline maintenance, the traditional ways of providing security that relied on firewalls does not work. The traditional approach is not scalable with the seamless growth that HCI can support. It leads to performance issues and bottlenecks. Moving to a hyperconverged infrastructure requires organizations to rethink the way they store and secure their data. New security controls that are application-aware are needed. IBM Cloud Pak for Data System is a hyperconverged cloud native solution. The hyperconverged infrastructure layer combines hardware infrastructure — storage, compute, networking, and infrastructure software into plug-and-play nodes that let you expand your system’s footprint to meet your business needs. On top of this hyperconverged infrastructure is the IBM Cloud Pak for Data solution stack that is built on Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform. It is a comprehensive cloud-native data and AI platform that helps modernize data management, DataOps, governance, analytics and AI so you can drive outcomes for your business faster.