Security in containerized environments can often feel like a never-ending battle, especially when vulnerability response times are slow and traditional scanning tools flag issues after images have already been deployed to production. Prerit Munjal will discuss the development of a high-impact platform that leverages Copa for real-time vulnerability scanning and hot-patching, allowing them to scan over 100 images daily and apply patches within 180 seconds of CVE detection. This game-changing approach stopped vulnerable containers before they reached production, reducing vulnerability response time from 5 hours to under 5 minutes. The team achieved a 99.99% deployment success rate while significantly improving their security posture. Attendees will gain practical insights into how they can apply similar strategies to close security gaps and protect their containerized applications from vulnerabilities more efficiently.