Ebook
Container Security 101: Understanding the Basics of Securing Containers
Palo Alto Networks’ Container Security 101 explains how containers revolutionize application development with speed and scalability, while introducing complex security challenges. It outlines risks across container images, registries, runtimes, orchestration, and host OS. The guide emphasizes a DevSecOps approach, advocating collaboration between security and development teams. Core tools include container scanning, monitoring, policy engines, visibility platforms, and cloud workload protection (agentless and agent-based). A code-to-cloud strategy is essential to simplify security across hybrid and multicloud environments. With Cortex Cloud, organizations can integrate full lifecycle protection—vulnerability management, compliance, and runtime defenses—directly into CI/CD pipelines.