We are excited to announce two significant milestones that further strengthen our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS):
- Anchore has achieved AWS Security Competency in Application Security — SBOM Use-case
- Anchore Enterprise AWS Machine Image (AMI) is now available for streamlined deployment
These announcements represent another major step in Anchore and AWS’s deepening collaboration to help Fortune 2000 enterprises, federal agencies, and defense contractors secure their software supply chains.
AWS Security Competency: SBOM Leadership Validation
The AWS Security Competency validates what Anchore customers have known for many years — Anchore is ready to provide SBOM management, container security and automated compliance enforcement to Fortune 2000 enterprises, federal agencies, and defense contractors who require a bullet-proof software supply chain.
This competency represents technical validation of Anchore’s SBOM-powered security capabilities through a rigorous AWS assessment of our solution architecture and customer success stories. AWS evaluated our platform’s ability to deliver comprehensive software supply chain transparency, vulnerability management, and automated compliance enforcement at enterprise scale.
Real-world validation comes from customers like:
Cisco Umbrella leveraged Anchore’s SBOM-powered container security to accelerate meeting all six FedRAMP requirements. They deployed Anchore into a high-security environment that had to meet stringent compliance standards, including STIG compliance for Amazon EC2 nodes backing their Amazon EKS deployment.
DoD Iron Bank adopted Anchore for SBOM-powered container security and DoD software factory compliance, validating our platform’s ability to meet the most demanding security requirements in government and defense environments.
For decision makers, the AWS Security Competency provides confidence in solution reliability and seamless AWS integration. It streamlines procurement through verified partner status and ensures enhanced support through our strengthened AWS partnership.
Anchore Enterprise Cloud Image: Simplifying Deployment with an AWS AMI
The Anchore Enterprise Cloud Image represents a pre-built, virtual appliance deployment option that serves as an alternative to the popular Kubernetes Helm chart deployments for use-cases that require a lightweight, batteries-included integration. This isn’t about reducing features—it’s about eliminating complexity where Kubernetes expertise isn’t readily available or necessary.
Technical advantages include:
Dramatically reduced deployment complexity through a ready-to-run Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that eliminates the need for a PhD in Kubernetes. The AMI delivers optimized performance on select AWS instance types, with deterministic performance guidelines for better capacity planning and cost management.
Anchore’s interactive Cloud Image Manager provides guided setup that intelligently assesses your AWS environment, ensures correct resource provisioning, and automates installation with appropriate configurations. Integrated compliance policy packs for NIST, SSDF and FedRAMP frameworks ensure your container security posture aligns with regulatory requirements from day one.
Business benefits that matter to leadership:
Faster time-to-value for container security initiatives means your teams can focus on securing containers rather than managing infrastructure. Reduced operational overhead frees up resources for strategic security initiatives rather than deployment troubleshooting.
This prescriptive solution is ideal for teams without extensive Kubernetes expertise, proof-of-concept deployments, and smaller-scale implementations that need enterprise-grade security without enterprise-level complexity.
Strengthening Our AWS Partnership for Customer Success
These milestones build on our growing AWS collaboration, including our AWS Marketplace availability and ISV Accelerate Program membership. This represents our broader commitment to enterprise and public sector customers who rely on AWS infrastructure for their most critical applications.
The joint value proposition is clear: seamless AWS infrastructure integration combined with enhanced support through our combined AWS and Anchore expertise. We’re addressing the full spectrum of deployment preferences, whether you need the scale-out capabilities of EKS or the simplified deployment of our EC2 AMI option.
This partnership strengthening directly benefits our mutual customers through validated integration patterns, streamlined support channels, and deployment flexibility that matches your team’s expertise and requirements.
Moving Forward Together
The combination of AWS Security Competency validation and simplified AMI deployment options demonstrates our commitment to comprehensive support for enterprise and government security requirements. These milestones strengthen our partnership and enable customer success at scale, whether you’re securing containers for a commercial enterprise or meeting compliance requirements for federal agencies.
Our deepening AWS partnership ensures you have the deployment flexibility, validated security capabilities, and enterprise support needed to secure your software supply chain with confidence.
Ready to get started?
- For AMI deployment: Contact our sales team for Cloud Image deployment consultation tailored to your AWS environment
- For general inquiries: Connect with our team to discuss how AWS Security Competency benefits and deployment options can accelerate your software supply chain security initiatives
