Make every golden image shine
Whether it’s for security, compliance, or developer velocity and efficiency, standardize on a continuously updated and scalable foundation with Chainguard.

Standardization that keeps developers happy—without sacrificing security
Chainguard helps DevOps, Platform, and Security teams drive secure, centralized open source software adoption.
Zero-CVE container and VM images
Build on a secure foundation from the start.
Count on an industry-leading remediation SLA of 7 days for critical and 14 days for high, medium, and low CVEs.
Purpose-built and customizable
Meet developer demands without bottlenecking velocity.
Leverage 1,300+ purpose-built images and quickly and easily customize images to meet your use cases.
Rebuilt from source daily
Continuously updated to minimize maintenance costs and resourcing.
Standardize on continuously updated software built from source to avoid ongoing maintenance, patching and backporting.
End-to-end integrity
Count on total transparency in your open source software.
Adopt open source with full build-time generated SBOMs and digitally signed attestations for total transparency.
Fool's gold: the true cost of DIY golden image programs
| Task | Requirement |
With Chainguard |
Per Image DIY Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image definition | Establishing and defining image policies |
|
Not Calculated |
| Initial image hardening | Implementing initial image policies, processes, and tooling |
|
$72k |
| Ongoing image hardening maintenance | Updating and refining processes, continuously keeping versioning up-to-date |
|
$32k |
| Initial CVE remediation | Mitigating CVE backlog |
|
$74K |
| Ongoing CVE remediation | Continuous CVE remediation and maintenance |
|
$91K |
| Total Cost Per Image | $146-269K | ||
Value Calculator
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Hours to Remediate Each CVE
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Risk factor: 1.4xDo your customers require FedRAMP or FIPS-certified cryptography?


Total Business Value — ROI: 6.6x
Combined impact of cost savings,
risk reduction, and revenue opportunity
Save Engineering Toil
21,800 hoursReduce Risk
Breach & churn riskIncrease Revenue
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