Section 3: Docker Security – Securing Your Containers

In this section, we introduce the topic of security. Here, you will build upon the skills you have learned throughout the book in order to understand how security techniques can be adopted to protect your container-based environments from malicious actors. From expanding our use of monitoring to introducing new tools to the DevOps pipeline, you'll be left in a position to start exploring more advanced topics and projects.

This section comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 12, Introduction to Container Security
• Chapter 13, Docker Security Fundamentals and Best Practices
• Chapter 14, Advanced Docker Security – Secrets, Secret Commands, Tagging, and Labels
• Chapter 15, Scanning, Monitoring, and Using Third-Party Tools
• Chapter 16, Conclusion – End of the Road, but not the Journey