5 Tips to Create Secure Docker Containers for Java Developers by Brian Vermeer
Docker is the most widely used way to containerize your application.
With Docker Hub, it is easy to create and pull pre-created images. This is very convenient as you can use these images from Docker Hub to quickly build an image for your Java application.
However, the naive way of creating custom Docker images for your Java applications comes with many security concerns. So, how do we make security an essential part of Docker images for Java?
About the speaker
Brian Vermeer is a Developer Advocate for Snyk and Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in creating and maintaining software. He is passionate about Java, (Pure) Functional Programming and Cybersecurity. Brian is an Oracle Groundbreaker Ambassador, Utrecht JUG Co-lead, Virtual JUG organizer and Co-lead at DevSecCon. He is a regular international speaker on mostly Java-related conferences like JavaOne, Devnexus, Devoxx, Jfokus, JavaZone and many more. Besides all that Brian is a military reserve for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and a Taekwondo Master / Teacher.