Securing Your Containers: Essential DevOps Practices for Modern Workflows

Currently, containerization is a fundamental part of the digital world that has emerged as the basis for development in today’s dynamically developing applications. Containers help make it easier to construct, transport, and deploy applications consistently across development, test, and production environments. However, this portability tends to have unique security implications. As for Chaintech Network, we focus on container security so developers’ DevOps teams can receive solutions for the security of their workflows and protection against threats.

Why is Container Security Important in DevOps?

Containers, while being resourceful, are capable of introducing new vectors that have to be addressed in advance as far as security is concerned. But what does this have to do with your business? 

It is evident that today, 94% of firms use containers in production, but 60% of them face security issues. It makes one realize the importance of realizing container security as a current high-priority issue. If organizations do not have strong security measures in place for their firms or companies, they will experience data leakage, non-compliance, system crashes, and many other related issues. 

Security in Containerization and Key Aspects of Container Security 

• Image Vulnerability Management

  Docker’s containers operate by uploading images that include the application code and its dependencies. But these images typically hold in their vulnerabilities, which the attackers leverage most of the time. Consequently, a study by StackRox shows that a staggering 51% of container vulnerability is caused by bad images. Container security should therefore be implemented through a periodic scan for known vulnerabilities in images and updating them as needed.

• Secure Configuration and Policies

  Configuration issues are also a big concern in containerized systems environments. That is why it is critical to set proper security policies for the containers to run with the minimal privileges possible, as a basic security measure. This is about limiting the availability of resources, identifying where the net should be drawn, and how the permission should be controlled within the context of a container.

• Runtime threat detection

  However, even if the company has strong pre-deployment security practices, runtime threats exist. Containers are inherently dynamic, and therefore real-time threat identification is important. A strong container security solution supervises the container behavior in the runtime; this is in case the container departs from normal behavior, say through a network connection or an attempted break-in. 

Container Security at Chaintech Network 

We take care of your container security and every phase of the DevOps process at Chaintech Network. Here's how we ensure security throughout the container lifecycle: 

1. Comprehensive Image Scanning

   Our security gurus put into practice the best security measures to scan OS (Operating System) container images for vulnerability so as not to expose our systems to weak links during OS construction. We continue the best practice of avoiding large base images with unnecessary packages and updating other packages to their latest, secure versions.

2. Enforcing Security Policies

   Our specialists respond quickly to the demands of your software development teams to define clear security rules to address permissions, networks, and resource restrictions. Such policies also greatly reduce how an adversary can strike and limit the undesirable actions that can be taken in a container environment.

3. Contual Oversight and Threat Identification

   Specific container security services that we offer are monitoring of the container runtime environments, accompanied by intelligent analysis of potentially malicious activities. The matter is that all sorts of deviations are identified as soon as possible, allowing for an immediate response, if needed, to prevent emerging threats. 

How does container security fit in with DevOps? 

Security should be a part of the development process and operation and should also be in the hands of the security team. At the Chaintech Network, the center of gravity is ignited where security is built into DevOps processes—the DevSecOps environment. This means that the measures are not added after the development and deployment of the system but are incorporated into the system. 

Why Chaintech Network?

These days, the number of cyber threats is only increasing, and without a proper container security strategy in place, the risks are just too great to ignore. DevOps is secured at Chaintech Network, and we make sure that when you set up container security for your DevOps processes, it follows the industry’s best standards. From the discovery of open ports and compliance level to active scanning during runtime, your containers receive the best shield to guarantee your business continues uninterrupted.