Containment as a Core Security Strategy

This essay warns that container isolation is often illusory—containers share the host kernel and remain vulnerable to kernel exploits, misconfigurations, dependency issues, and GPU/driver bugs—and argues defenders must assume breach and build hardware-backed, compartmentalized isolation (such as paravirtualized hypervisors and strict execution zones), combined with image hygiene and build-time analysis, to limit blast radius and protect high-risk workloads like AI.