Chainguard Containers are a guarded catalog of minimal, zero-CVE container images with a best-in-class CVE remediation SLA (7 days for critical severity, 14 days for high, medium and low) that helps customers build and deploy software better.
Modern software development practices and deployment pipelines require secure, up-to-date containerized applications for cloud-native applications. Chainguard builds minimal images that contain only the components required to build and run your containers entirely from source in hardened build infrastructure. Aimed at engineering organizations and security teams alike, Chainguard Containers reduce costly engineering toil around vulnerability management, enhance the security posture of applications by eliminating attack surface, and unlock revenue by simplifying compliance with key frameworks and customer requirements.
Chainguard Containers – Value Pillars
• Reduce cost of engineering toil: Engineers are a precious resource meant for building innovative platforms and products, not non-strategic / un-differentiated toil like patching vulnerabilities
• Secure foundation for open source software: Minimal, trusted, and secure open source components for every developer and every stack
• Achieve and maintain continuous compliance: Easily operate in compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, cATO, StateRAMP, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC2, NIS2, and CMMC
• Accelerate revenue by building better products faster: Enable engineers to deliver new products and better features, securely with speed
Chainguard Containers – Key Capabilities
• Best-in-class CVE remediation SLA: Count on an industry-leading remediation SLA of 7 days for critical CVEs and 14 days for high, medium, and low
• Secure-by-default, transparent by design: Adopt trusted, zero-CVE container images with full build-time generated SBOMs and digitally signed attestations for total transparency
• FIPS and STIGs to simplify continuous compliance: Maintain compliance for critical frameworks like FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2 with hardened images that come with kernel-independent FIPS validation and OS-Level STIGs by default
• 1,300+ purpose-built images that are always up to date: Choose from our growing catalog of minimal container images rebuilt from source daily with “nano-updates,” eliminating major OS version upgrades
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Product Description
Chainguard is a pioneering company dedicated to enhancing software security by providing secure, minimal, and continuously updated container images, virtual machines , and language libraries. Their solutions are designed to eliminate vulnerabilities and streamline compliance, enabling organizations to build and deploy software with confidence.
Key Features and Functionality:
- Chainguard Containers: A comprehensive catalog of over 1,400 minimal, zero-known-CVE container images, including application images , base images , FIPS-compliant images, and AI-optimized images.
- Chainguard Libraries: A guarded collection of malware-resistant language libraries, built securely from source, providing end-to-end integrity and native protection at package build and distribution.
- Chainguard VMs: Minimal, purpose-built, zero-CVE virtual machine images optimized for ephemeral environments, offering a secure foundation for containerized applications across various cloud service providers.
Primary Value and Problem Solved:
Chainguard addresses the critical need for secure software supply chains by offering solutions that eliminate vulnerabilities, reduce engineering toil, and simplify compliance. By providing continuously updated, minimal, and secure artifacts, Chainguard enables organizations to focus on innovation and accelerate time-to-market while maintaining robust security postures.
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Aaditya Jain
