Case Study: Snowflake strengthens data cloud security and achieves FedRAMP High with Chainguard Images

Securing Trust in the Data Cloud Snowflake’s Journey with Chainguard

Snowflake, a pioneering force in cloud computing, faced the challenge of streamlining vulnerability management for the container images powering its Data Cloud platform. This was paramount for achieving stringent FedRAMP High accreditation and maintaining customer trust, especially for clients in highly regulated sectors. Their existing manual processes for addressing CVEs were insufficient, consuming resources and hindering their ability to scale security effectively.

By partnering with Chainguard and adopting Chainguard Images, Snowflake revolutionized its approach. The solution provided hardened, secure-by-default container images that drastically reduced vulnerability counts, often to zero overnight. This enabled Snowflake to meet and exceed FedRAMP High requirements on an accelerated timeline, significantly bolstering both their security posture and customer trust by ensuring the building blocks of their platform were provably secure.

Snowflake

Anoosh Saboori

Head of Product Security