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Chainguard Containers provide a trusted set of minimal, zero-CVE container images with a top-tier CVE remediation SLA—addressing critical vulnerabilities within 7 days, and high, medium, and low within 14—enabling teams to build and deploy software more confidently. As modern development workflows and CI/CD pipelines depend on secure, up-to-date containers for cloud-native applications, Chainguard offers streamlined images built entirely from source in a hardened, secure build environment. Designed for both engineering and security stakeholders, Chainguard Containers reduce the manual overhead of managing vulnerabilities, improve application resilience by shrinking the attack surface, and accelerate go-to-market by simplifying alignment with compliance standards and customer security expectations.

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Falco serves as the leading open-source solution for ensuring runtime security across hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. It enables users to gain immediate insights into unexpected actions, configuration modifications, intrusions, and instances of data theft. Utilizing the capabilities of eBPF, Falco secures containerized applications at any scale, offering real-time protection regardless of whether they operate on bare metal or virtual machines. Its compatibility with Kubernetes allows for the swift identification of unusual activities within the control plane. Furthermore, Falco monitors for intrusions in real-time across various cloud platforms, including AWS, GCP, Azure, and services like Okta and Github. By effectively detecting threats across containers, Kubernetes, hosts, and cloud services, Falco ensures comprehensive security coverage. It provides continuous streaming detection of abnormal behaviors, configuration alterations, and potential attacks, making it a trustworthy and widely supported standard in the industry. Organizations can confidently rely on Falco for robust security management in their diverse environments.