container-scanning
Safeguard articles tagged "container-scanning" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
16 articles
Container Image Scanning: A Practical Guide
Scanning a container image is easy. Scanning it at the right moment, cutting the false positives, and gating deploys on the result is where most programs fall apart.
Best Container Scanning Tools in 2026: An Honest Buyer's Guide
A balanced 2026 comparison of the leading container image scanners — Trivy, Grype, Snyk Container, Prisma Cloud, Wiz, and Docker Scout — with an honest look at where each fits and how Safeguard compares.
Trivy alternatives for container and IaC scanning
Trivy alternatives usually aren't about scanner quality — they're about the backlog, SBOM lifecycle, and compliance work that comes after. Trivy vs Safeguard, feature by feature.
Trivy's etcd exhaustion problem and scan reliability issues
Trivy's local vulnerability database runs on etcd's own bbolt engine, and its single-writer lock and unbounded growth cause CI scans to stall or fail.
Trivy vs Grype: A Buyer Comparison for 2026
How Trivy 0.58 and Grype 0.85 compare in real-world container scanning: vulnerability coverage, false positive rates, SBOM support, and operational fit.
What is Container Scanning
Container scanning finds known CVEs, secrets, and misconfigurations in image layers before deployment. Here's how it works and where it falls short.
Grype v0.108 Release Notes Walkthrough
Anchore's Grype shipped v0.108.0 in late 2025 with the new vulnerability database v6 schema, distroless support fixes, and a tightened CPE matcher.
Trivy v0.69 Release Deep Dive
Aqua's Trivy hit v0.69 in late 2025 with VEX-by-default scanning, ArtifactID/ReportID provenance fields, and faster misconfig scanning. We test the upgrade on a 1.2GB image.
How Snyk Container's static filesystem analysis avoids th...
How Snyk Container inspects image layers, package databases, and lockfiles without ever running the container — and where static filesystem analysis hits its limits.
The Quiet Consolidation of SCA, SAST, and Container Scann...
A wave of PE buyouts and platform acquisitions is quietly folding SCA, SAST, and container scanning into fewer, bigger AppSec platforms. Here's what's driving it.
Secure Docker Images: A Practical Checklist
A working checklist for building secure Docker images, from base image choice through image scanning, that you can actually apply to an existing Dockerfile this week.
Safeguard v2: The Platform Grows Up
Safeguard v2 introduces container scanning, enhanced policy engine, team workspaces, and API v1.1 with webhook support. A major step toward enterprise readiness.