What Does It Take to Secure Containers?
A vast majority of DevOps practitioners say containerization technology provides security, but some companies — especially security firms — disagree.
Robert Lemos
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Most DevOps professionals who use containers to develop and deploy applications believe software containers provide security, but one company, Aqua Security, argues that containerization is not a protective technology.
In its report "Understanding the cloud native runtime protection security gap," almost all developer and operations specialists — 90% — said they would "feel comfortable classifying containers as a security boundary," and almost three-quarters believe their current suite of software security controls could stop malicious code inserted into the software supply chain. The security firm, however, says such a classification shows that professionals continue to misunderstand the steps needed to make cloud-native applications secure.