Case Study: Shift5 achieves faster compliance and CVE-free containers with Chainguard Images

Delivering Innovative Solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense Shift5’s Journey with Chainguard

Shift5, an observability platform for critical operational technology, faced significant compliance challenges as a startup serving the U.S. Department of Defense. Their small engineering team was spending an unsustainable amount of time manually remediating thousands of CVEs, building Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), and ensuring FIPS validation for its containers to achieve an authority to operate (ATO), which was stifling innovation and product development.

By implementing Chainguard Images, Shift5 immediately eliminated all CVEs from its containers and gained pre-hardened images with FIPS-validated cryptography and OS-level STIGs. This solution from Chainguard saved the engineering team an estimated 2.5 months of work per person, allowing them to refocus on delivering core product features. This accelerated their ATO process, accelerated revenue, and enabled them to respond faster to stringent customer requirements.

Shift5

Sam Rajachudamani

Senior Director of Products and Partnerships