How to Secure Enterprise Container Stack?

The main reason why the overtaking of the container is challenging is that container containers involve many moving parts that are constantly changing.

What do I mean by that? I think, firstly, the fact that there are plenty of container platforms out there. The variety of used platforms makes it difficult to build a safety device that works well with every type of container.

Also consider that, even in a single container platform, there are several layers, each of which presents unique security challenges. To run containers securely, you need to secure each part of the stack.

Securing container stacks

So, what will security administrators do to keep updated apps safe in production? The best way to explain the safety strategy and existing tools is to examine each part of the container heap individually, as follows.

Container images

Container images are the blueprints that use to spin up an app inside a container. If your container images include malware, your containers will be infected, too. Fortunately, solutions are now available for securing container images. Scanning a container image is a useful way of finding security problems in it. Of course, administrators should keep in mind that this scanner only works at the binary level and can not detect security vulnerabilities in the application code itself. To guard against the latest threats, you should make sure all common codes check your application before building a used image.

Container registries

Container registries are where images are stored. People who want to run a containerized app can download  the image they want and run it. The huge security challenge with registration is a danger that someone may modify the images contained therein. For example, by breaking into the hosted server of a registration, an attacker can theoretically convert the container’s images to the infected container. The user who loaded the hidden image will end up with malware on their system.

All the usual precautionary measures should also be taken to strengthen the hosting server for the registration of the attack. At the moment, the most popular public-registered registration, is a hosted service, which means that the task of protecting servers against attacks is in the hands of any company to provide services to them. But it is also possible to establish private container registration. In that case, the company running the registry should keep the host server secure.

Running container

Securing a container spill as they run is a challenge where sophisticated tool do not exist yet. However, an effective way to help keep a safe container is to collect real-time data about the container environment and then analyze it to identify security vulnerabilities.

To do that, you first need a tool that can collect monitoring data about containers. Once you have a monitoring system in place, you can feed the monitoring data into a data analytics platform, to analyze it for signs of security issues. By collecting large amounts of data and analyzing it in real time, skilled admins can help establish a baseline for normal activity within their container environment, then identify out of the ordinary events which could signal attempted intrusions.

Container daemon

The final major piece of the container stack is the container daemon. The daemon is the process that runs on the host server to support the management of containers. Tampering with the container daemon is one way to gain unauthorized control over the container environment and potentially wreak all manner of havoc.

Most container daemons run on Linux or other Unix-like systems. As a result, all of the standard rules about securing Unix processes apply. Make sure users and groups on systems that can not control the daemon do not have access to it. If you expose the daemon to the network, encrypting data transfers with the Layer Sockets Layer.

Feel free to contact E-SPIN for the solution for your system and operation to reduce risk of your businesses  and organization. We can secure and protect your businesses with our various software security technology, as well as handling of your container security concern.