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Hardened Images With Near 0 CVEs

Distroless container images, rebuilt continuously from source.
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How Minimus Works

Minimus monitors tens of thousands of open source projects for changes, and automatically rebuilds images in a SLSA Level 3 pipeline when updates occur.
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Hardened Image Gallery

Thousands of images with over 97% fewer CVEs than public container images
Minimus images contain only the software you need to run your application - no added bloat
Images for every use: LLM, app development, cloud native infrastructure
FIPS 140-3, STIG, NIST and CIS ready images for sensitive workloads
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the minimus image gallery contains thousands of hardened container images
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FedRAMP Compliance

Minimus container images are hardened to industry standards, making compliance easy to achieve and demonstrate
FIPS 140-3 and STIG-ready images
Image and applications hardened to CIS and NIST benchmarks
Native compliance dashboards and audit-ready reporting
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Custom Image Creation

Configure your own hardened container images, and Minimus will take care of all updates and maintenence
Build atop Minimus' thousands of secure base images
Customize packages, files and certificates as needed
Minimus handles all automated updates under our SLAs
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The Minimus Platform

Minimus is purpose-built for the needs of enterprise security teams and the speed of fast moving developers. We're proud to be both SOC-2 and ISO 27001 certified.

Flexible Deployment

SaaS management console: pull from our registry or whatever you’re using - even air gapped.

Built For Action

Webhooks, alerts, and workflows keep development and remediation moving at rapid speed.

Easy Integrations

Connects to development, chat, and ticketing tools, as well as the rest of your security stack.
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Avoid over 97% of container CVEs

Access hundreds of hardened images, secure Helm charts, the Minimus custom image builder, and more.
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The Latest Updates From Minimus

Blog and video updates from the Minimus team on application security, all things cloud native, and more.
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1,673 to Zero : Mythos, Cal.diy App and Minimus Hardened Images

Learn how to prevent software supply chain attacks. Covers SBOMs, SLSA levels, Sigstore signing, KEV-based CVE prioritization, and hardening CI/CD pipelines.
Ben Bernstein
April 22, 2026
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Article 21 Compliance: NIS2 Requirements for Container-Based Workloads

Understand NIS2 requirements for container workloads, from supply chain security to CVE management and audit-ready compliance controls.
Debra Hopper
April 20, 2026
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Turning Back the Tide: Defenders in the Age of AI Vulnerability Research

AI is changing how vulnerabilities are found, not how they’re fixed. Defenders need a new approach: shrinking the attack surface before vulnerabilities exist.
Neil Carpenter
April 21, 2026