CONTAINER IMAGE SECURITY
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Secure-by-default container images
Build software better with minimal, zero-CVE container images guarded under our industry-leading remediation SLA.
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CHAINGUARD CONTAINERS
Secure container images for modern applications
Reduce costly engineering toil
Adopt inherently secure software so engineers can spend more time shipping products and less time patching CVEs.
4 hrs/month per developer saved on vulnerability management.
Secure your open source foundation
Rely on trusted open source to improve your security posture and reduce the attack surface for bad actors.
97.6% reduction in CVEs compared to OSS equivalents
Simplify continuous compliance
Solve critical compliance controls by default to reduce overhead costs and get products to market faster.
400+ FIPS Images with OS-level STIG hardening.
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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Additional Chainguard Container capabilities
Private APK Repositories
Direct access to the APKs underpinning your entitled Chainguard Containers so developers have a trusted source for secure packages
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Custom Assembly
Quickly and easily add packages to Chainguard Containers without spawning additional infrastructure and maintenance sprawl for your engineering team.
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End of Life Grace Period
Get updated EOL images with low-to-zero CVEs for up to 6 months to smoothly transition off legacy software without compromising security.
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CVE Visualizations
Compare image health between Chainguard Containers and OSS alternatives and track the number of CVEs that Chainguard remediated on your behalf over time.
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Fill out the inputs below to calculate the hours of engineering toil saved, risk reduction, and revenue growth that Chainguard can bring to your organization.
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Hours to Remediate Each CVE
Organization Maturity Level
In Millions (USD)
Hardening Hours: 300 per image
Industry Category
Risk factor: 1.4xDo your customers require FedRAMP or FIPS-certified cryptography?
$2,635,600
Total Business Value — ROI: 6.6x
Combined impact of cost savings,
risk reduction, and revenue opportunity
$1,744,000
Save Engineering Toil
21,800 hours$441,600
Reduce Risk
Breach & churn risk$450,000
Increase Revenue
4.5% of revenueWHY CHAINGUARD?
The Chainguard Containers difference
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End-to-End Integrity
Know exactly what’s in your open source with full provenance and open attestations.
Eliminate Vulnerabilities
We don’t just identify OSS vulnerabilities for you to manage – we remove them entirely.
Responsibility You Can Trust
One reliable, secure partner with industry-leading SLAs to take on the burden of a hard, unpredictable problem.
Expansive Catalog
1,200+ images, with all underlying dependencies rebuilt daily, rapidly growing to meet customer needs.
Expertise and Experience
The leading open source minds driving the industry forward, delivering new innovations for our users.
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