Open Source Hardened Container Images - A Solution

The post author indicates that hardened container images have recently made headlines and are difficult for organizations to manage, requiring daily updates, compilation from sources, and inclusion of only necessary packages. They used the open source projects Apko, Melange, and Wolfi to create hardened container images in a community project available on GitHub (https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal). This solution is presented as completely scalable and offers a method allowing teams to develop their own container images with appropriate security controls.