S2 E1: Container Security Nightmares

S2 E1: Container Security Nightmares

From What The Hack by Supported by Sysdig

September 16, 2025 · 46 min · Season 2 · Episode 1

About this episode

The episode discusses container security challenges and strategies to prevent costly breaches.

In this episode of What The Hack we dive into the world of container security, and how teams can harden their applications running in containers against attack. Our guests, Conor Sherman, CISO in Residence at Sysdig, and freelance journalist Joe Fay, hear from someone who suffered a container security issue, and discuss the costs and problems that teams can face if they don’t get their approach right from the start. They also share their thoughts on how to spot problems before they lead to expensive cloud bills or a dangerous data breach. Connect with our speakers: What The Hack is hosted by Rayna Stamboliyska and this episode's special guests are Conor Sherman and Joe Fay . Conor Sherman is the CISO in Residence at Sysdig, bringing over 15 years of experience leading security programs across fintech, Saas, GovTech, and private equity environments. At Sysdig, he works closely with the Sysdig Threat Research Team and CISOs to understand emerging cloud and Al security challenges, translating their needs into product and community impact. Before joining Sysdig, Conor was CISO at Updater, where he built and scaled enterprise security and threat intelligence programs. Joe Fay has been…

People in this episode

Host: Rayna Stamboliyska

Guests: Conor Sherman, Joe Fay

Topics covered

  • container security
  • application hardening
  • cloud security
  • data breach prevention
  • cost management

Keywords

  • container security
  • cloud bills
  • data breach
  • application security
  • security programs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sysdig, Updater, TechInformed, The Stack, The Register, BBC

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