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performing-container-image-hardening

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'Harden container images by minimizing attack surface, stripping unnecessary

When to use

• When building production container images that need minimal attack surface
• When compliance requires CIS Docker Benchmark adherence for container configurations
• When reducing image size to minimize vulnerability exposure from unused packages
• When implementing defense-in-depth for containerized workloads
• When migrating from fat base images to distroless or minimal images

When not to use

• runtime container security monitoring
• host-level Docker daemon hardening
• container orchestration security

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