Container Security
In-depth guides and analysis on container security from the Safeguard engineering team.
283 articles
How image digest pinning strengthens container supply cha...
How SHA-256 image digests, unlike mutable tags, anchor Snyk container scans to the exact artifact that ships—and why that distinction matters for supply chain integrity.
How Snyk Container's exclude and allow policies reduce no...
Snyk Container's exclude and allow policies scope ignore rules to specific paths and layers, filtering base-image noise without hiding real application risk.
How Snyk IaC scans Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts f...
A technical walkthrough of how Snyk IaC parses Kubernetes manifests, renders Helm charts, and checks them against CIS benchmarks before deployment.
How Snyk IaC's admission-time Kubernetes scanning differs...
How Snyk IaC's static manifest scanning, the Snyk Controller's in-cluster monitoring, and true Kubernetes admission control mechanically differ — and why the gap between them matters.
Why Cloud Security Ownership Keeps Falling Into the Gap B...
Misconfigurations sit unpatched for months because three teams each assume someone else owns them. Here's why the cloud security ownership gap keeps widening.
Misconfiguration Fatigue: Why the Same Cloud Mistakes Kee...
The same cloud misconfigurations — public buckets, stale IAM roles, unwatched drift — keep causing breaches years apart. Here's why, with real cases and how to break the cycle.
Container Base Image Hygiene: An Underrated Lever for Red...
Swapping bloated base images for minimal ones can cut container CVE counts by 60-90% without touching app code. Here's the data and how to start.
The Real Trade-Off Between Deployment Speed and Cloud Sec...
Deployment speed and cloud security maturity aren't opposites. Real breaches trace to blind spots, not velocity — here's what the data actually shows engineering leaders.
Kubernetes RBAC Sprawl and Why It's Rarely Audited
Kubernetes RBAC grows faster than anyone tracks it, and there's no built-in tool to audit it. Here's why sprawl happens and what a real audit checks.
Why Ephemeral Infrastructure Makes Traditional Vulnerabil...
Containers now live for minutes, not months. Here's why periodic vulnerability scanning can't see ephemeral infrastructure — and what actually closes the gap.
IaC Drift: The Gap Between Declared and Actual Cloud Conf...
IaC drift lets your cloud diverge silently from Terraform state, breaking the compliance guarantees teams assume are still true. Here's how it happens and how to catch it.
Startups vs Enterprises: Why Smaller Cloud Footprints Are...
Smaller cloud footprints feel safer, but startups often face a higher per-workload security incident rate than enterprises. Here's why size is the wrong safety proxy.