Top 10 Dockerfile Security Best Practices for a More Secure Container

Deep Dive Security
InfoSec Write-ups
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7 min readAug 27, 2022

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In this post, we’ll walk through what a Dockerfile is and how to create one following leading industry security best practices including but not limited to multi-stage builds, creating minimal images, use of appropriate instructions to minimize number of layers, linting, what to avoid, and more. So lets dive deep into Dockerfile security.

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