The situation
A service continues shipping images from an unmaintained base.
Container Image Security
Container security work reviews the software and configuration packaged in an image, alongside how that image is built and promoted into use.
- Establish image provenance
- Scan and harden
- Govern promotion
Is this right for you?
When this is the right work.
Images contain unclear dependencies or outdated base layers, and teams lack a repeatable way to evaluate release risk.
The first conversation establishes the environment, the constraint and who will accept the result. We agree a bounded starting point before expanding the engagement.
Scope
What DotConn delivers.
- 01
Establish image provenance
Identify base images, build inputs and the registries used by the release process.
- 02
Scan and harden
Assess known vulnerabilities and unnecessary components; scope appropriate base-image and runtime configuration changes.
- 03
Govern promotion
Define finding triage, release gates and refresh ownership for images that remain deployed.
Deliverables
What you receive.
Acceptance criteria identify the checks, records and handover needed for the agreed scope.
- Image and base-layer assessment
- Scanner and policy integration
- Remediation and rebuild workflow
In practice
A practical example.
Our approach
We trace the build inputs, assess upgrade impact and add image checks to promotion.
The useful result
The team receives a controlled refresh path with documented exceptions.
Responsibility
Agree the responsibility.
DotConn
Assesses and delivers the technical work in the agreed scope, with reviewable changes and handover. Continuing operation requires a separately defined managed-service scope.
Your team
Provides authorized access, business priorities and accountable decision-makers; approves policy choices and accepts the agreed result.
Set this boundary early
An image scan does not assess every runtime or cluster risk. Findings must be interpreted against exposure and available remediation.
FAQ
Questions worth resolving.
Technical reading
Does a clean image scan mean the workload is secure?
No. Cluster configuration, permissions, application logic and runtime behavior need their own controls and assessment.
Pricing, timing and how to prepare are covered in working with DotConn.
Connected work
Services that work alongside this.
Dependency Scanning & SBOM
Dependency analysis identifies the external components used by software. A software bill of materials records that composition so teams can investigate exposure and respond when component risks change.
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Kubernetes orchestrates containerized workloads using a declared desired state. Choosing Kubernetes is also a decision about deployment, identity, networking, storage and the team that will operate the platform.
ExploreDevSecOps Consulting & Implementation
DevSecOps integrates security decisions and evidence into software delivery. It connects checks to ownership and remediation, so a failed scan has somewhere useful to go.
ExploreApplication & Code Security
Application security combines complementary checks of source code, dependencies, containers and running behavior. The goal is an actionable view of risk and a way to verify remediation.
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