IR 8176, Security Assurance Requirements for Linux Application Container Deployments

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id="pub-topics-anchor-sm">Topics</a> </p> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-12 publication-panel"> <p> <strong>Date Published:</strong> <span id="pub-release-date" data-date-type="citation">October 2017</span><br /> </p> <h4>Author(s)</h4> <p id="pub-authors-container" data-total="1"> <span id="pub-author-0">Ramaswamy Chandramouli (NIST)</span> </p> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-success pub-abstract-callout"> <h4 id="pubs-abstract-header">Abstract</h4> <div class="hidden-sm hidden-xs hidden-xxs" id="pub-detail-abstract-info"><p>Application Containers are slowly finding adoption in enterprise IT infrastructures. Security guidelines and countermeasures have been proposed to address security concerns associated with the deployment of application container platforms. To assess the effectiveness of the security solutions implemented based on these recommendations, it is necessary to analyze those solutions and outline the security assurance requirements they must satisfy to meet their intended objectives. This is the contribution of this document. The focus is on application containers on a Linux platform.</p></div> <div class="hidden-lg hidden-md"> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-min"> Application Containers are slowly finding adoption in enterprise IT infrastructures. Security guidelines and countermeasures have been proposed to address security concerns associated with the deployment of application container platforms. To assess the effectiveness of the security solutions... <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-show">See full abstract</a> </div> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-all" style="display: none;"> <p>Application Containers are slowly finding adoption in enterprise IT infrastructures. Security guidelines and countermeasures have been proposed to address security concerns associated with the deployment of application container platforms. To assess the effectiveness of the security solutions implemented based on these recommendations, it is necessary to analyze those solutions and outline the security assurance requirements they must satisfy to meet their intended objectives. This is the contribution of this document. The focus is on application containers on a Linux platform.</p><br /> <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-hide">Hide full abstract</a> </div> </div> <h4>Keywords</h4> <span id='pub-keywords-container' data-total='9'> <span id="pub-keyword-0">application container</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-1">capabilities</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-2">Cgroups</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-3">container image</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-4">container registry</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-5">kernel loadable module</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-6">Linux kernel</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-7">namespace</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-8">Trusted Platform Module.</span> </span> </div> <h5>Control Families</h5> <p> <span id='pub-control-fam-container' data-total='4'> <span id="pub-control-fam-0">Access Control</span>; <span id="pub-control-fam-1">Configuration Management</span>; <span id="pub-control-fam-2">System and Communications Protection</span>; <span id="pub-control-fam-3">System and Information Integrity</span> </span> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12"> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-success" id="pubs-documentation"> <h4>Documentation</h4> <p> <strong>Publication:</strong><br /> <a href="https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8176" id="pub-doi-link"> <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i> https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8176 </a><br /> <a href="https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2017/NIST.IR.8176.pdf" id="pub-local-download-link"> <i class="fa fa-download"></i> Download URL </a><br /> </p> <p> <strong>Supplemental Material:</strong><br /> <span id="pub-supp-container" data-total="0">None available</span><br /> </p> <p> <strong>Related NIST Publications:</strong><br /> <span id="pub-related-container" data-total="2"> <a href="/pubs/itlb/2017/10/application-container-security/final" id="pub-related-link-0">ITL Bulletin </a><br /> <a href="/pubs/sp/800/190/final" id="pub-related-link-1">SP 800-190 </a><br /> </span> </p> <p> 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