Container Security: Fundamental Technology Concepts that Protect Containerized Applications

Liz Rice

ISBN 10: 1492056707 / ISBN 13: 9781492056706

Published by OReilly 2020-05-31, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Container Security: Fundamental Technology Concepts that Protect Containerized Applications
• Publisher: OReilly 2020-05-31
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492056707
• ISBN 13: 9781492056706
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

To facilitate scalability and resilience, many organizations now run applications in cloud native environments using containers and orchestration. But how do you know if the deployment is secure? This practical book examines key underlying technologies to help developers, operators, and security professionals assess security risks and determine appropriate solutions.

Author Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, looks at how the building blocks commonly used in container-based systems are constructed in Linux. You'll understand what's happening when you deploy containers and learn how to assess potential security risks that could affect your deployments. If you run container applications with kubectl or docker and use Linux command-line tools such as ps and grep, you're ready to get started.

• Explore attack vectors that affect container deployments
• Dive into the Linux constructs that underpin containers
• Examine measures for hardening containers
• Understand how misconfigurations can compromise container isolation
• Learn best practices for building container images
• Identify container images that have known software vulnerabilities
• Leverage secure connections between containers
• Use security tooling to prevent attacks on your deployment

About the Author

Liz Rice is the Technology Evangelist with container security specialists Aqua Security, where she also works on container-related open source projects including kube-hunter, kube-bench and manifesto. She was Co-Chair of the CNCF's KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2018 events in Copenhagen, Shanghai and Seattle.