# ATO in a Box: Simplifying Compliance for Software Vendors with Chainguard and Ask Sage

DevFeed: [ATO in a Box: Simplifying Compliance for Software Vendors with Chainguard and Ask Sage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ato-in-a-box-simplifying-compliance-for-software-vendors-with-chainguard-and-ask-sage-12891.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/ato-in-a-box-simplifying-compliance-for-software-vendors-with-chainguard-and-ask-sage>)

Published: 2025-06-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [chainguard containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-containers.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ask-sage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ask-sage.md>), [ato](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ato.md>), [ato-in-a-box](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ato-in-a-box.md>), [authority-to-operate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authority-to-operate.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-customer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-customer.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [generative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative.md>), [secure-container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-container-images.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>), [zero-cve-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-cve-containers.md>), [zero-cves](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-cves.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents Ask Sage's ATO in a Box, built with Chainguard Containers, automation, and AI to simplify and accelerate the Authorization to Operate process for software vendors. It describes secure container images, automated documentation and evidence collection, risk assessments, and compliance-package generation for regulated government deployments.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard customer Ask Sage utilizes Chainguard Containers to build ATO in a Box, a solution utilizing automation to speed up the authority to operate process.