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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

Beyond SBOMs: The Future of Container Supply Chain Security

Mohammad-Ali A'râbi

Basic SBOMs can no longer stop self-propagating CI worms. Master advanced zero-trust pipelines and hardened image strategies to achieve ironclad container resilience.

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#1 about 3 min

Understanding software vulnerabilities and prominent exploits

How widespread vulnerabilities like Log4Shell and React2Shell drive the need for security improvements.

#2 about 3 min

Generating software bill of materials for container images

Using CLI tools like Syft to generate machine-readable SBOMs that list all structural dependencies of an application.

#3 about 1 min

Scanning Docker images for vulnerabilities with Docker Scout

Checking final container images for embedded vulnerabilities that originate from the base operating system.

#4 about 4 min

Creating SBOM attestations for multi-stage Docker builds

Attaching build-phase SBOMs to capture vulnerable dependencies that are discarded in the final image layer.

#5 about 6 min

Reducing vulnerability footprints with hardened Docker images

Dropping tools like package managers and shells to create base images with minimal initial vulnerabilities.

#6 about 2 min

Filtering unexploitable vulnerabilities using VEX attestations

Silencing irrelevant vulnerability alerts by creating records that mark specific issues as non-exploitable.

#7 about 2 min

Signing container images to prevent pipeline tampering

Using Cosign and OCI referrers to generate signatures that guarantee the integrity of production images.

#8 about 2 min

Continuous scanning for zero-day vulnerabilities in containers

Retrospectively checking existing SBOM attestations to catch newly discovered vulnerabilities in older base images.

#9 about 2 min

Securing build pipelines with the SLSA framework

Generating provenance metadata to track the build environment and history of a container image.

#10 about 4 min

Defending against automated supply chain worms

Identifying and mitigating malware families that infect maintainer environments to spread through package registries.

#11 about 3 min

A practical checklist for DevSecOps and container security

Implementing proactive strategies like version pinning, cool-down periods, and execution sandboxes to defend CI pipelines.

#12 about 2 min

Addressing zero-day exploits and alternative hardened images

Insights on managing exposure windows during active breaches and comparing different proprietary hardened image providers.

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Mapping the complete software supply chain attack surface

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Addressing base image vulnerabilities in application containers

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Live demonstration of vulnerability exploitation and zero trust mitigation

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Applying tactical security configurations to Docker container layers

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