IT decision makers worry about the security of containerized applications

Containerization makes deploying applications faster and more cost-effective than using traditional means. As a result container technologies have become more popular with Docker rising rapidly in popularity and market share.

But a new survey from enterprise security specialist Twistlock shows that 91 percent of respondents said they are concerned about container security.

According to the study 86 percent of IT decision makers say their companies already deploy containers, or they plan to do so within a year. Of these, 35 percent say containers are already broadly deployed across their networks.

Security is a major concern though with half of respondents saying they are very or extremely concerned. Of those who don't use containers in their data center, 81 percent say the addition of in-container security would prompt them to adopt a container strategy.

The three container security features that respondents say they would most-benefit from are, the ability to ensure that all containers have a consistent security model from development through to production (83 percent), preventing development mistakes from reaching production (82 percent) and detecting vulnerabilities in containers (80 percent).

"This survey shows what Twistlock has known all along -- that even though containers are accessible and easy to deploy, many companies do not have a good grasp of how to manage container security. This remains a major adoption hurdle that is keeping data centers from migrating to containers completely," says Ben Bernstein, CEO of Twistlock.

You can see more of the survey results in the infographic below.

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