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Opinionated Docker development assistant that analyzes Dockerfiles, docker-compose setups, multi-stage builds, and container security to shrink images, speed builds, and enforce production-ready practices when users need optimized containers.

This comprehensive guide details how to design and implement an end-to-end DevSecOps pipeline leveraging GitLab CI/CD. It integrates crucial automated security checks—such as SAST, DAST, container scanning, dependency scanning, and secret detection—directly into the development workflow. By adopting this approach, teams can effectively 'shift left' security, identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle to ensure compliance and robust application security.

This skill detects unauthorized modifications (container drift) to running containers by monitoring for deviations from the original image state. It monitors binary execution drift, file system changes, and configuration deviations using tools like Falco and Kubernetes security contexts. Essential for SOC analysts and security teams investigating runtime compromises and enforcing immutable infrastructure.

This guide details methods and rules for detecting container escape attempts, a critical security vulnerability where an adversary breaks out of container isolation to access the host system or other containers. It covers monitoring syscalls, namespace manipulation (e.g., nsenter, unshare), accessing sensitive host paths (/proc), and detecting privileged operations using tools like Falco and eBPF.

This skill provides advanced runtime security rules using Falco, a CNCF-graduated tool. It monitors Linux syscalls to detect container escape attempts in real-time, identifying techniques such as mounting host filesystems, unauthorized namespace access (nsenter), and privileged container launches. It is crucial for SOC analysts and security teams enhancing cloud-native security coverage.

This tool provides a comprehensive security audit framework for Azure Storage accounts. It systematically detects critical misconfigurations, such as publicly accessible blob containers, weak encryption settings, overly permissive network access rules, and missing logging. Use it when performing compliance checks, responding to security incidents, or establishing storage security baselines in Azure environments.

This skill provides comprehensive methods for detecting and preventing privilege escalation within Kubernetes pods and containers. It details using runtime tools like Falco for monitoring syscalls and capabilities, and implementing admission controls via OPA Gatekeeper or Pod Security Admission to enforce security best practices, thereby hardening the cluster against unauthorized access and dangerous configurations.

A comprehensive guide detailing best practices for hardening Docker containers, aligning with CIS Docker Benchmark v1.8.0. It covers host configuration, minimizing attack surface, implementing least privilege, and enhancing runtime security using techniques like read-only filesystems, Seccomp, and AppArmor. Use this when deploying secure, production-grade containerized applications.

This guide provides comprehensive steps to harden the Docker daemon configuration. It covers essential security controls like user namespace remapping, disabling inter-container communication (ICC), implementing TLS authentication, and adopting rootless mode. Implementing these measures significantly reduces the attack surface and mitigates risks associated with container breakouts and privilege escalation, aligning with CIS benchmarks.

Learn how to implement robust container security by integrating the open-source Trivy scanner (from Aqua Security) into your CI/CD pipelines. This guide covers scanning container images, Kubernetes manifests, IaC files, and code repositories to detect critical vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and generating Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for comprehensive supply chain security.

This guide details the implementation of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, enabling comprehensive cloud security posture management (CSPM) and workload protection (CWPP). Learn how to secure VMs, containers, databases, and storage accounts, configure security recommendations, and establish automated remediation workflows to ensure continuous compliance and robust cloud defense.

This guide details how to use Google Distroless images to drastically reduce the attack surface of containerized applications. By eliminating shells, package managers, and unnecessary OS utilities, these minimal base images enhance security, align with compliance standards, and improve supply chain security in Kubernetes and Docker deployments. It provides multi-stage build patterns for various languages (Go, Java, Python, Node.js).