Chainguard develops secure container images that utilize zero-trust principles to eliminate vulnerabilities from the software development lifecycle. Their solution enables businesses to maintain compliance with industry standards while significantly reducing the risks associated with supply chain security.
Funding
$256M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional container images often contain numerous known vulnerabilities (CVEs) that increase the attack surface and create significant overhead for security teams to triage and remediate. This complexity slows down development cycles and increases the risk of supply chain attacks.
Solution
Chainguard provides a suite of secure open-source software artifacts, including container images, language libraries, and virtual machine images, designed to minimize or eliminate CVEs from the start. These minimal, customizable components are continuously rebuilt from source in secure environments, ensuring end-to-end integrity and a reduced attack surface. By using Chainguard's products, organizations can shift security left, reduce developer toil associated with vulnerability management, simplify compliance with industry standards like FedRAMP and PCI, and accelerate innovation. The platform is powered by Chainguard OS and Factory, a next-generation Linux distribution and a bot-powered software factory run by open-source experts, which together assemble, harden, and distribute a large catalog of secure artifacts daily.
Target Audience
Chainguard targets security teams, engineering teams, and compliance officers within enterprises that develop and deploy applications using containers and other open-source technologies.
Features
- Minimal container images, language libraries, and VMs with a focus on eliminating CVEs
- Daily rebuilds from source in secure environments to ensure up-to-date security
- Components cryptographically signed with Sigstore for proof of origin and trusted assurance
- Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) generated at build time for enhanced transparency
- Support for compliance standards such as FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, SOC2, and CIS benchmarks
- Integration with common scanning tools like Snyk, Trivy, and Grype
- Customizable images to fit specific application needs