Minimus Platform Overview: Container Security That Just Works

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July 8, 2025
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At Minimus, we’ve designed a platform that delivers a powerful combination of security and ease of use for both development and security teams. Whether you're a developer deploying container images or a CISO managing enterprise security, Minimus makes your job easier.

Our platform has three main components: our trusted image registry, web console, and threat intelligence. Here’s how each piece works together to secure your supply chain, empower your developers, and give CISOs the visibility they need to protect their organization.

Minimus Trusted Image Registry

Minimus trusted image gallery with secure container images
Minimus Image Gallery

The trusted image registry is the foundation of Minimus. It’s a globally distributed, OCI-compliant image registry that hosts a continuously growing library of verified container images. These images are cryptographically verifiable through software bills of materials (SBOMs), ensuring the provenance of every package inside.

Each image in the registry is built from scratch, including only what is needed to run your app. This results in a drastically smaller attack surface and far fewer vulnerabilities, providing your teams with trusted, ready-to-deploy images that are free of known security risks. 

Minimus images can be deployed in your preferred environment, whether that's SaaS or on-prem. The registry is flexible, with the option to self-host and cache images within your network. Minimus supports air-gapped deployments for maximum security in any environment.

Pulling images from the registry is simple. You can deploy Minimus images by changing a single line of code, providing immediate value to your team.

Web Console: Full Visibility, Full Control

Minimus secure nginx image details
Minimus nginx image details

The Minimus web console is your central hub for managing and monitoring your images and security posture. Accessible via a browser-based SaaS application, the console allows you to browse our image gallery, search for images based on type or use case, and drill down into the details of each image.

The console provides a deep level of insight into each image, showing its version history and any vulnerabilities that have been patched. For example, if you’re using a specific web server image, you can track changes, view security fixes, and ensure that you're always running the most up-to-date version of the image.

In addition to managing images, the web console integrates with Minimus’ threat intelligence functionality. 

Threat Intelligence: Real-Time Exploit Data

Minimus advisories and CVE dashboard with actionable threat intelligence
Minimus Advisories

Minimus goes beyond providing secure container images. We also help you continuously monitor for new risks. Our real-time threat intelligence combines vulnerability severity, exploit likelihood, and active threat monitoring to help you prioritize what matters most. 

With full transparency through detailed advisories and per-image tracking, Minimus makes it easy to understand, track, and respond to vulnerabilities in your deployments. Whenever a vulnerability is detected in an image, the system tags it based on the likelihood of exploitation. This helps your teams prioritize which vulnerabilities need immediate attention.

Minimus also helps you automate your response, so intelligence leads directly to action. You can configure Minimus to automatically trigger workflows based on threat intelligence data. For example, when a critical vulnerability is detected, you can set up Minimus to create a JIRA ticket and assign it to the relevant development team for remediation. This streamlines communication and ensures that vulnerabilities are addressed quickly and effectively.

Easy for Developers, Intelligent for CISOs

Minimus was built with both developers and CISOs in mind. Developers benefit from the simplicity of deploying trusted images with minimal effort, while CISOs gain the visibility and control they need to ensure their organization’s security posture remains strong. The platform’s flexible integration with tools like JIRA, GitHub, PagerDuty, and Slack makes it easy to incorporate Minimus into your existing workflows.

Certifications and Compliance

Both the trusted image registry and the web console are covered by industry-leading security certifications, including SOC 2 and ISO 27001. These certifications ensure that Minimus meets the highest standards for security and data protection.

Start Securing Your Containers with Minimus

The Minimus platform simplifies security for developers while providing intelligent guardrails for CISOs. With the trusted image registry, web console, and integrated threat intelligence, Minimus helps organizations deploy secure, minimized container images, monitor their security posture, and respond to threats in real time. Whether you’re deploying in the cloud or on-prem, Minimus delivers a security-first solution that integrates seamlessly into your existing workflows.

Ready to secure your container images with Minimus? Get started today.

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