Reduce Attack Surfaces with Distroless Images – Part 1

A tropical beach scene with palm trees and a large ocean wave. In the foreground, a red warning sign reads Attack Surface Reduction Part 1 with a wave graphic above the text.

Upwind pioneered a method to streamline patch management and significantly reduce vulnerabilities for Upwind users through leveraging runtime data. When it’s challenging to eliminate unneeded binaries and artifacts from applications, there are two strategies available: Both approaches aim to minimize image size and reduce the attack surface, while Distroless images require no patching, no upgrading […]