When adopting any new technology, the ability of that technology to mitigate or reduce security risks should always be on the table. Organizations hesitant to adopt containers are often wary of how their existing processes and paradigms address the challenges of securing containers in production.
For their many benefits, containers effectively represent a new layer in the application stack, which requires a new way of thinking about application security. In its Application Container Security Guide, NIST points out that as containers revolutionize application deployment, organizations must adapt their security strategies to new, dynamic production environments.