Traditional security approaches are incapable of handling the distributed and ephemeral nature of containers. Software vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and suspicious activity at runtime are all areas of concern for developers, operations, and security teams.

Security in these fast-moving, cloud native environments requires a radically different approach that focuses on secure code, runtime scanning, and threat prioritization.

The following checklist developed by Snyk and our partner Sysdig outlines key security strategies and best practices to follow from source to run. Adopting a cohesive and automated approach to security from development through production helps teams stay vigilant against cyberattacks, reduce noise, and tackle the unique risks of containers, Kubernetes, and cloud.