Container security also offers attack surfaces
Risk awareness, classic cyber security principles and specific countermeasures increase the security of data and processes. IT managers use their own container security or those provided by cloud service providers in order to set up agile and flexible applications and operate processes. Ultimately, however, containers are also executable applications and can be dangerous. Container host servers and registries extend the attack surface. Classic principles of IT security and an increased sensitivity to threats help to close emerging gaps. Containers in the cloud or on-premise containers - whether kept privately or provided via a cloud provider - offer hackers ...
