RapidFort
Attack surface reduction platform: curated near-zero-CVE images plus runtime profiling that strips unused components from your own images.
https://www.rapidfort.combest_for
Platform teams that want to harden existing first-party images, and federal/defense-adjacent programs that need attack surface evidence, not just CVE counts.
strengths
- Two tools in one: curated hardened images and a profiling pipeline that hardens the images you already have
- Runtime profiling (RBOM) removes components you provably never execute, cutting attack surface beyond CVE counts
- Free community catalog of hardened images lowers the evaluation barrier
- Meaningful US federal and DoD traction
weaknesses
- Profiling-based hardening adds a pipeline step and operational learning curve versus a pure image swap
- Smaller commercial catalog than Chainguard or Bitnami
- Brand recognition trails the category leader outside federal circles
Attribute detail
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| Founded | |
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| Approach | |
| Core approach | |
| Base OS / distro | |
| libc | |
| Shell / package manager in runtime images | |
| Catalog | |
| Catalog size | |
| Coverage scope | |
| Custom / BYO image support | |
| End-of-life version support | |
| Security posture | |
| Zero-CVE posture | |
| CVE remediation SLA | |
| Rebuild cadence | |
| SBOM | |
| VEX statements | |
| Signing & provenance | |
| Compliance | |
| FIPS 140-3 variants | |
| STIG hardening | |
| Compliance fit (FedRAMP / PCI / HIPAA) | |
| Operations | |
| Migration effort | |
| Private registry / air-gap delivery | |
| Commercial | |
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| Free tier | |