Vulnerability Scanning for Kubernetes Applications: Why and How

This blog post outlines the fundamentals of container image vulnerability scanning for Kubernetes: why scanning is important, recommended scan points in the lifecycle (build, registry, pre-deploy, and running workloads), key scanner features (Linux distro and package manager support, language dependency coverage, frequent vulnerability DB updates), and practical tooling recommendations including Trivy and Starboard to automate scanning and integrate results into CI/CD and Kubernetes workflows.