Anchore and Chainguard Partner on STIG Compliance for Shell-less Container Images

WHAT HAPPENED

Anchore partnered with Chainguard to enable STIG compliance scanning on shell-less container images. The companies will host a live demo on September 24 showing STIG checks running on Chainguard images without requiring shell execution.

WHO IS INVOLVED

Anchore and Chainguard are collaborating to solve a compliance problem for Department of Defense programs pursuing Authority to Operate and vendors pursuing FedRAMP certification.

WHY IT MATTERS

Traditional STIG scanners require a shell to run checks, forcing organizations to choose between maintaining hardened images or running separate compliance workflows. This partnership eliminates that tradeoff by enabling compliance scanning on shell-less images without compromising security posture.

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