Container Security

Container Security is the practice of protecting the entire lifecycle of containerized applications, from the initial build to runtime deployment. It involves multiple layers of defense, including scanning container images for vulnerabilities in software libraries and dependencies, securing the container registry where images are stored, and hardening the host operating system and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. During runtime, container security focuses on monitoring for anomalous behavior, enforcing network segmentation, and ensuring containers operate with the principle of least privilege to minimize the potential impact of a breach within the dynamic, distributed environments common in modern cloud-native computing.