Container Scanning That Catches What Others Miss
Detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and embedded secrets in your container images. Integrate scanning into your CI/CD pipeline so nothing reaches production without a clean bill of health.
What Is Container Scanning?
Container scanning is the automated process of analyzing container images for known vulnerabilities, security misconfigurations, compliance violations, and embedded secrets. It examines every layer of a container image — from the base operating system to application dependencies — to identify risks before deployment.
As organizations move to containerized microservices, the attack surface multiplies. Each container image may include hundreds of packages, any of which could harbor a critical CVE. Container scanning provides the visibility and enforcement needed to maintain security at scale.
Comprehensive Scanning Capabilities
From vulnerability detection to compliance auditing, container scanning covers every dimension of container image security.
Vulnerability Detection
Identify known CVEs across all image layers — from base OS packages to application dependencies. Prioritize by severity with CVSS scoring.
CI/CD Integration
Embed scanning directly into your build pipeline. Automatically block deployments when critical vulnerabilities are found.
Compliance Auditing
Enforce CIS benchmarks, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA controls. Generate audit-ready reports that map findings to specific frameworks.
Image Layer Analysis
Inspect every layer of your container images. Detect unnecessary packages, exposed secrets, and misconfigured permissions at each build stage.
Secret Detection
Scan for hardcoded credentials, API keys, certificates, and tokens embedded in container images before they reach any registry.
Registry Scanning
Continuously monitor container registries for newly disclosed vulnerabilities. Rescan existing images as new CVEs are published.
How Container Scanning Works
A systematic, automated approach to identifying and prioritizing security risks in your containerized workloads.
Image Pull
Container images are pulled from your registry or build pipeline for analysis. Supports Docker Hub, ECR, GCR, ACR, and private registries.
Layer Decomposition
Each image layer is unpacked and analyzed individually. Base OS packages, application dependencies, and configuration files are inventoried.
Vulnerability Matching
The software bill of materials (SBOM) is compared against vulnerability databases including NVD, vendor advisories, and proprietary threat intelligence.
Risk Prioritization
Findings are scored by CVSS severity, exploit availability, and runtime context. Actionable remediation guidance is generated for each issue.
Why Container Scanning Matters
Shift Left on Security
Catch vulnerabilities in development — not after deployment. Scanning in CI/CD reduces remediation costs by 10-100x compared to fixing issues in production.
Reduce Attack Surface
The average container image contains 300+ packages. Without scanning, any of them could introduce a known exploit into your environment.
Maintain Compliance
Regulatory frameworks increasingly require container-level security controls. Automated scanning provides continuous evidence of compliance.
Full Visibility
Know exactly what is running in every container across your infrastructure. Generate SBOMs for complete software supply chain transparency.
Container Scanning Across Industries
Every organization running containers needs scanning. The specific compliance requirements and risk profiles vary, but the need for vulnerability visibility is universal.
Financial Services
Meet PCI-DSS and SOX requirements while accelerating deployment velocity. Container scanning validates every image before it touches production infrastructure.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Protect patient data with HIPAA-compliant container security. Ensure PHI is never exposed through misconfigured images or embedded credentials.
SaaS & Technology
Ship faster without sacrificing security. Integrate scanning into your CI/CD pipeline so developers get immediate feedback on vulnerabilities.
Government & Defense
Satisfy FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, and STIG requirements. Container scanning provides the continuous monitoring and audit trail compliance demands.
Built for Cloud-Native Environments
Modern container scanning integrates natively with Kubernetes, ECS, and serverless container platforms. Whether you run 10 containers or 10,000, scanning scales with your infrastructure.
- Kubernetes admission controller integration
- Docker, Podman, and OCI image support
- AWS ECR, Google GCR, Azure ACR, and private registries
- GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and CircleCI plugins
- REST API for custom integrations
- Helm chart and operator deployment options
Compliance-Ready Scanning
Container scanning maps findings directly to the compliance frameworks your auditors care about. Generate evidence automatically instead of assembling it manually.
Secure Your Containers Today
Get in touch to learn how container scanning can fit into your security workflow. We respond to every inquiry within one business day.