--- title: BellSoft Survey Finds Container Security Practices Are... description: A BellSoft survey of 427 developers reveals that 23% have experienced container security breaches, with human error (62%) being the primary cause. Most teams... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bellsoft-survey-finds-container-security-practices-are-undermining-developers-own-goals-i7sku9twr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BellSoft Survey Finds Container Security Practices Are Undermining Developers’ Own Goals | daily.dev og:description: A BellSoft survey of 427 developers reveals that 23% have experienced container security breaches, with human error (62%) being the primary cause. Most teams... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bellsoft-survey-finds-container-security-practices-are-undermining-developers-own-goals-i7sku9twr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/I7sKU9tWr.png og:image:alt: BellSoft Survey Finds Container Security Practices Are Undermining Developers’ Own Goals og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BellSoft Survey Finds Container Security Practices Are Undermining Developers’ Own Goals **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A BellSoft survey of 427 developers reveals that 23% have experienced container security breaches, with human error (62%) being the primary cause. Most teams use bloated general-purpose Linux base images with unnecessary packages, shells, and package managers that expand attack surfaces. Common security practices like vulnerability scanning and trusted registries are reactive rather than preventative. Inconsistent patching schedules leave systems exposed for extended periods. Nearly half of developers want pre-hardened, minimal base images that remove unnecessary components by default and shift maintenance responsibility to specialized vendors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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