Vendor Sheet
Secured Images 101
This guide explains how container images introduce risk and how secured images reduce that risk. It highlights that base images are a major source of vulnerabilities and that unnecessary packages increase attack surface. Secured images are minimal, continuously patched, and backed by vendor SLAs for vulnerability remediation, often with near-zero CVEs and verified provenance. The guide recommends gaining visibility into image usage, replacing risky images, and enforcing guardrails to prevent insecure images from reaching production. The takeaway is that controlling image quality is one of the most effective ways to reduce container security risk.
