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## Booz Allen Hamilton signs enterprise license agreement with Chainguard

DevFeed: [Booz Allen Hamilton signs enterprise license agreement with Chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/booz-allen-hamilton-signs-enterprise-license-agreement-with-chainguard-12897.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/booz-allen-hamilton-signs-enterprise-license-agreement-with-chainguard>)

Published: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [chainguard containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-containers.md>), [chainguard libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-libraries.md>), [open-source-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-security.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [announce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announce.md>), [ato](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ato.md>), [authority-to-operate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authority-to-operate.md>), [booz-allen-hamilton](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/booz-allen-hamilton.md>), [booz-allen-hamilton-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/booz-allen-hamilton-engineering.md>), [booz-chainguard-partnership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/booz-chainguard-partnership.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-booz](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-booz.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [chainguard-libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-libraries.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enterprise.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [partner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partner.md>), [secure-by-default](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-by-default.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>), [us](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/us.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

### AI overview

Booz Allen Hamilton has signed an enterprise license agreement with Chainguard, giving more than 6,000 engineers access to Chainguard Containers and Chainguard Libraries across U.S. government programs. The agreement is intended to support secure-by-default software delivery, vulnerability remediation, compliance, and software supply chain requirements.

### Source excerpt

Booz Allen and Chainguard partner to help 6,000+ engineers deliver secure-by-default software across U.S. government programs.

## How Collaboration.Ai Saved 2 Years and $2 Million with Chainguard, Second Front, and AWS

DevFeed: [How Collaboration.Ai Saved 2 Years and $2 Million with Chainguard, Second Front, and AWS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-collaboration-ai-saved-2-years-and-2-million-with-chainguard-second-front-and-aws-13085.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/how-collaboration-ai-saved-2-years-and-2-million-with-chainguard-second-front-and-aws>)

Published: 2025-07-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [chainguard containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-containers.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [DevSecOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devsecops.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>)

Tags: [ato](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ato.md>), [authority-to-operate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authority-to-operate.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [devsecops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devsecops.md>), [fedramp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp.md>), [fedramp-ato](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp-ato.md>), [fedramp-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp-containers.md>), [govcloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/govcloud.md>), [hardened-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardened-images.md>), [secondfront](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secondfront.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

### AI overview

Collaboration.Ai used Chainguard Containers, Second Front's Game Warden platform, and AWS GovCloud to accelerate CrowdVector's path toward DoD compliance. The combination reduced vulnerabilities by 97% and lowered compliance costs by $2 million.

### Source excerpt

Collaboraton.AI used a combination of Chainguard Containers, Second Front, and AWS to reduce vulnerabilities by 97% and lower compliance costs by $2 million.

## 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.

## What FedRAMP 20x Means for You

DevFeed: [What FedRAMP 20x Means for You](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-fedramp-20x-means-for-you-13317.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/what-fedramp-20x-means-for-you>)

Published: 2025-04-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [authority to operate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authority-to-operate.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [chainguard containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-containers.md>), [container-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-security.md>), [cve remediation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cve-remediation.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [authority-to-operate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authority-to-operate.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [container-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-security.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [cve-remediation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-remediation.md>), [cves](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cves.md>), [fedramp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp.md>), [fedramp-20x](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp-20x.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

### AI overview

The article explains that FedRAMP 20x is intended to streamline the authority-to-operate process through automation and continuous validation. It says the core security and compliance controls are not changing and that the existing agency-based FedRAMP Rev. 5 authorization path remains active.

### Source excerpt

FedRAMP 20x is a new initiative designed to automate and simplify the FedRAMP process. Get the rundown on what is changing, and how Chainguard can help.

## Chainguard Images: The Easy Button for FedRAMP

DevFeed: [Chainguard Images: The Easy Button for FedRAMP](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/chainguard-images-the-easy-button-for-fedramp-12960.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/chainguard-images-the-easy-button-for-fedramp>)

Published: 2025-01-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Docker Hardened Images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-hardened-images.md>), [container-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-security.md>), [vulnerability management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability-management.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [chainguard sboms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-sboms.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [asset-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/asset-management.md>), [ato](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ato.md>), [authority-to-operate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authority-to-operate.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [container-image-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-image-security.md>), [cve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve.md>), [fedramp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp.md>), [hardening](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardening.md>), [sboms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sboms.md>), [sca](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sca.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdlc.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>), [vulnerability-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability-management.md>)

### AI overview

This article explains how Chainguard Images can simplify and accelerate FedRAMP Authority to Operate compliance for organizations deploying containerized cloud products to federal government customers. It describes secure-by-design containers as helping address asset management, hardening, cryptography, and vulnerability management requirements, and notes Snowflake's achievement of FedRAMP High with Chainguard Images.

### Source excerpt

Chainguard Images are designed to make achieving FedRAMP compliance for container images easier. Learn more about how we make vulnerability management simple.

## A thought experiment on using low-vulnerability Chainguard Images to speed government software delivery

DevFeed: [A thought experiment on using low-vulnerability Chainguard Images to speed government software delivery](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ship-software-to-uncle-sam-faster-with-zero-known-vulnerability-containers-13230.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/ship-software-to-uncle-sam-faster-with-zero-known-vulnerability-containers>)

Published: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [authority to operate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authority-to-operate.md>), [vulnerability management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability-management.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [chainguard labs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-labs.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [ato](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ato.md>), [authority-to-operate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authority-to-operate.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [chainguard-labs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-labs.md>), [container-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-security.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [fedramp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fedramp.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [image-cves](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image-cves.md>), [secure-container-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-container-image.md>), [secure-minimal-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-minimal-image.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerability-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability-management.md>), [vulnerability-scanner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability-scanner.md>)

### AI overview

This opinion article proposes studying whether Chainguard Images with zero-known or low vulnerability counts could reduce timelines and staff costs in government Authority to Operate processes. It presents this as a hypothesis requiring comparison with other ATO processes, not as a demonstrated result.

### Source excerpt

Discover how 0-known vulnerability containers from Chainguard Labs could accelerate software delivery to the government.