Inside DockerGate: Using Static Analysis to Rein in Container Permissions
Mar 14, 2026
New Delhi [India], March 14: Modern software infrastructure increasingly relies on containers, yet the security assumptions that govern them remain surprisingly blunt. As Docker has become the default substrate for cloud-native deployment, its promise of isolation is often taken for granted, even as containers retain expansive, poorly tailored access to the host operating system's kernel. This tension, between efficiency and exposure, frames the context in which Rohit Venkata's work is situated.