Source: SiliconANGLE
The industry is abandoning the reactive vulnerability-scanning treadmill because the attack surface itself has become unmanageable—too many dependencies, too many moving parts to patch in time. Organizations are now investing in minimal base images, reducing container layers, and eliminating unnecessary packages before deployment. This reduces the workload for security teams (fewer firefighters needed if fewer fires can start). The pattern mirrors cloud-native architecture maturity broadly: the gains come from eliminating complexity rather than managing it better.