We’re excited to announce that Minimus secure container images are now publicly available on Iron Bank, the U.S. Department of Defense's repository of digitally signed, hardened container images. This significant milestone ensures federal agencies, contractors, and systems integrators can effortlessly achieve and maintain compliance, streamline security operations, and significantly reduce their vulnerability exposure.
Containers submitted to Iron Bank undergo detailed scanning and evaluation based on the Iron Bank Acceptance Baseline Criteria (ABC). Each container is assessed for compliance and assigned an Overall Risk Assessment (ORA) score.
Key requirements include ensuring an internet-disconnected build process, continuous monitoring every 12 hours with timely justification for new findings, and prompt submission of application updates. Only images meeting these stringent criteria and achieving a strong security posture are approved for publication.
Minimus images meet Iron Bank’s stringent acceptance baseline criteria, bringing FIPS-ready security, built-in SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) integration, and a dramatically smaller attack surface—helping teams fast-track their path to FedRAMP compliance.
Follow these straightforward steps to leverage Minimus container images through Iron Bank:
docker pull registry1.dso.mil/ironbank/minimus/reg.mini.dev/[image-name]) to deploy secure, minimal, continuously updated container images.
Minimus enables security, compliance, and operations teams to efficiently achieve an Authority to Operate (ATO) and adhere to security best practices by significantly reducing vulnerabilities at the outset. By using Minimus images from Iron Bank, organizations streamline their path to compliance, dramatically cut remediation workloads, and focus valuable resources on proactive security measures.
Request a demo today and experience firsthand how Minimus simplifies achieving and maintaining security standards, expedites compliance efforts, and reduces operational complexity.
