Case Study: Rise8 achieves a more defensible ATO path with Chainguard Containers

Rise8 reduces security engineering burden and accelerates onboarding in days with Chainguard

Rise8, a company that develops software for the Department of Defense, needed to secure the containerized software platform used for its vetting pipeline. The platform had to meet strict federal security standards to obtain an Authorization to Operate (ATO), but the team lacked the resources to harden the open source container images themselves, a process that could take weeks per tool.

By using Chainguard Containers as a trusted source for its core tooling, Rise8 built its platform architecture around secure images from the start. This solution from Chainguard eliminated the need for in-house CVE remediation, allowing the team to focus on platform features. The results included a significantly reduced security engineering burden and a more defensible path to ATO, as Chainguard's provenance and Rise8's own verification built credibility with government authorizing officials.

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