Over the past year, Chainguard has expanded its Images inventory, reaching over one million image builds, to offer developers the freedom to build secure software with the tools and applications they know and love.
With Chainguard Images, we have designed a first-of-its-kind approach in the market to address container image security and secure open source software development, which are foundational components of securing the software supply chain. The road to product-market-fit is not defined, it is forged. And we have learned a lot refining our approach to building secure images as both a reliable and scalable enterprise product and open source community solution. Our Series B fundraising round further reinforces that we are on the right path, addressing the right open source and software supply chain security problems development and security teams face today.
Chainguard Images – which started as an experiment – has now helped organizations from the private and public sectors see a 97.6% reduction in CVEs and eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities within their software supply chain. Chainguard Images are trusted by Snowflake, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Sourcegraph, GitGuardian, Replicated, the United States Air Force Platform One Iron Bank and more.
Off the shelf, Chainguard Images offer:
Thank you to our customers and open source adopters
To our early adopter customers and open source projects, thank you for believing in the benefits Chainguard Images have to offer from day one. Jumping to new solutions that haven’t been done before and moving to the bleeding-edge of technology is a big step, but we’ve found a way to make living on this edge stable, reliable and secure.
To-date, Chainguard Images have been pulled over 90 million times. We now also have more than 200 applications in our inventory, with over a million image builds.
We also pride ourselves in open source software principles. This is why we are committed to maintaining a free, public tier of Chainguard Images for all developers and open source maintainers to benefit from into the future.
Enterprise-ready capabilities and features
What started as a secret project quickly turned into a way for Chainguard to revolutionize the way organizations address vulnerabilities and maintain the open source software they consume. Over the past year, we have rolled out many enterprise-ready capabilities and features across the Chainguard Images product suite, including:
The future to a frictionless FIPS and FedRAMP journey
Achieving zero-known, High/Critical vulnerabilities in container environments is a requirement for meeting or maintaining certifications for most of today’s widely-required compliance frameworks, such as FedRAMP, StateRAMP, PCI, PCI DSS, and SOC2.
The compliance use cases for Chainguard Images have received exceptional response from the market and existing customers. If you are looking for a hardened container solution that can help you reach your FedRAMP goals, Chainguard Images is the answer. Today, we provide a number of FIPS-enabled base images for popular language ecosystems and applications. We also work with customers to create FIPS-ready images for their specific application needs. With Chainguard Images, which are continuously patched and rebuilt daily for security, you can seamlessly meet rigorous compliance vulnerability scanning requirements for container security.
We’re just getting started…
It’s true, Chainguard Images has come a long way since its early days, but our work is just beginning. With the infusion of new funding, we are going to continue elevating the user experience through real-time security advisories and vital information on vulnerability remediation and updates for OSS software. This encompasses end-of-life notifications and the introduction of new versions.
We also are focused on expanding our ecosystem from product integrations to strategic partnerships that will help make adopting and purchasing Chainguard Images seamless for organizations of all sizes and across all industries.
We’d also be remiss if we didn’t mention further expanding our inventory of Chainguard Images. We are adding new images daily and the list is limitless for what we will build next. If you have an image that you would like to use that is not currently in our inventory, let us know.
As container adoption becomes ubiquitous across the industry, the Chainguard Images solution is one of the best ways to support and secure the next generation of container and cloud-native application development.
Reflecting on Chainguard’s remarkable journey over the past two years, it's evident that our commitment to securing the software supply chain has gained traction. We'd like to thank everyone who has joined us on this incredible journey. If you are interested in joining our team, partnering with us, or would like to try one of our Chainguard Images, please reach out.
