Case Study: Cloudera achieves 90%+ fewer container CVEs with Chainguard

Cloudera cuts container CVEs by 90%+ with Chainguard

Cloudera, a data and AI platform company, needed to secure the foundation of its enterprise data products for customers in highly regulated sectors. Their engineering teams were spending excessive time manually patching container image vulnerabilities, which diverted resources from innovation. The challenge was to find a scalable solution that would reduce their attack surface and maintain stringent FedRAMP compliance across both federal and commercial environments.

Cloudera adopted Chainguard Containers to rebuild its container foundation. The solution provided secure-by-default, continuously verified images that eliminated vulnerabilities across all severities. As a result, Cloudera reduced its container CVE footprint by more than 90%, maintained FedRAMP compliance, and accelerated its delivery cycles. Chainguard freed engineering teams to focus on building higher-quality features and innovation for customers.

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