Container Security: Keeping Your Applications Safe

Containers are a popular way to deploy applications. They offer a number of advantages, such as portability, scalability, and efficiency. However, containers also introduce new security challenges. Here are some of the key security challenges associated with containers: Image vulnerabilities: Containers are built from images, which are essentially snapshots of a filesystem. Images can contain vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by attackers. Runtime vulnerabilities: Containers run on hosts, which are also subject to vulnerabilities.