I started working with Docker at TOPdesk almost a year ago. Security is an interest of mine, so I did some research. You can’t look at Docker without thinking about Microservices, although they are separate topics. It is often said that Microservices can greatly improve your security. But also, that if you do it wrong, security can actually get worse.
So, what do you need to do to improve (Docker) security, rather than get rid of it? For most security concerns there is already a good solution, although not all of them are widely adopted. Let’s have a look at our concerns and how we take care of them.

Read more