Cloud security

Container security engineering

Secure how container images are built, stored, admitted and run without adding an unusable release gate. Reduce cloud attack paths without making routine engineering depend on a security ticket.

01 / Scope

Work on the system, not around it.

The engagement starts with the architecture and working constraints already in place. We agree the risky paths, make the changes visible and leave ownership with the team running the system.

01

Build

Minimal bases, reproducible builds, secrets and dependency controls.

02

Registry

Access, immutability, signing, retention and provenance.

03

Admission

Allowed sources, signature verification and policy exceptions.

04

Runtime

Capabilities, filesystems, identities and behavioural signals.

02 / Method

Reduce cloud attack paths without making routine engineering depend on a security ticket.

Scope and access are agreed before the work begins. Decisions, changes and residual risk remain visible throughout the engagement.

01

Map the boundary

Start with evidence, owners and the constraints that shape the safe solution.

02

Validate the risky paths

Prioritise by practical impact and implement with the people who operate the system.

03

Implement and verify

Test the changed path, document the decision and hand over a backlog that still makes sense.

03 / What remains

  • 01Container build and registry review
  • 02Image policy and exception rules
  • 03Pipeline and admission-control changes
  • 04Runtime hardening backlog

04 / Talk to Gritt

What is happening in the system?

Send the cloud, workload or deadline. An engineer will reply and tell you whether this is the right scope.

A short technical note is enough.