The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-190 provides guidance on securing application containers and related ecosystem components. While it thoroughly describes the security risks and associated countermeasures for protecting containerized apps, it leaves organizations to fend for themselves on the tactical front. Twistlock is a purpose-built software suite for securing cloud-native workloads. From the beginning, we’ve been developing technology to address the types of risks NIST SP 800-190 describes.