The state of container security: Teams and tools are key to releasing software confidently

Container technologies are rapidly transforming application development and deployment practices at many organizations. But they also present a minefield of security risks for the growing number of organizations using the technology to package and deploy modern, micro-services based application architectures.

Primary risks include those related to vulnerable container images, poor access controls and overly permissive privileges, exposed attack surfaces and misconfigured runtimes. Over the last couple of years, software supply chain attacks have increased container security risks and heightened the …

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