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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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IBM Cloud™ Data Shield allows users to operate containerized applications within a secure enclave on the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service host, ensuring data-in-use protection. This innovative service facilitates user-level code to establish private memory areas known as enclaves, which remain safeguarded from higher privilege processes. Expanding support for Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX), it broadens the programming language options from just C and C++ to include Python and Java™, as well as offering preconfigured SGX applications for popular tools like MySQL, NGINX, and Vault. Leveraging the Fortanix Runtime Encryption platform alongside Intel SGX technology, these resources empower organizations handling sensitive information to confidently utilize cloud computing solutions. By integrating IBM Cloud Data Shield, enterprises with critical data can seamlessly deploy and harness the advantages of cloud services while maintaining robust security measures. Moreover, this platform ensures that sensitive operations are executed in a protected environment, further enhancing trust in cloud-based applications.