Public Sector

Trusted open source that protects the public sector

AI is transforming both the attack and the defense of government systems. As EO 14409 directs agencies to harden against AI attacks, Chainguard provides the infrastructure that secures open source at machine speed so critical systems stay protected, compliant, and mission-ready.

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Chainguard supports:

Whether you run the program, build for it, or integrate it, Chainguard helps you get to mission faster, satisfy flow-down requirements, and reduce cost.

Department of Defense

Defense Contractors

Intelligence Communities

Federal Civilian Agencies

Federal Systems Integrators

Hardened open source designed to accelerate the mission

Secure by default

Reduce CVEs by 98% with minimal, hardened artifacts continuously rebuilt and patched

Compliance-ready artifacts

Ship FIPS-validated, STIG-hardened images that meet FISMA, NIST 800-53, and IL4/5/6 requirements

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Verifiable provenance

Know exactly what’s entering your codebase with audit-ready SBOMs and signed SLSA provenance attestations

Chainguard is a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for Software Supply Chain Security

Chainguard is also positioned furthest right for Completeness of Vision among all vendors evaluated.

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Fast track your path to ATO with 800+ FIPS variants

Clear RMF scan gates without risk acceptances or POA&M justifications, and maintain a continuous posture on the path to cATO. Get accredited faster and maintain it easier.

Reduce operational cost and accelerate delivery

Replace resource-intensive patching and DIY golden image programs with the industry's largest catalog of zero-CVE images, re-built daily from source and backed by SLAs.

Keep airgapped systems secure

Systems that can't receive frequent patches accumulate new CVEs in their base images. Starting at near-zero keeps that number manageable over months offline.

Protect critical infrastructure from frontier AI model attacks

Athena is the industry coalition to protect open source from AI attacks, aligned with Executive Order 14409. It's fully operational today and has already processed 40,000+ findings and issued 2,000+ patches.

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